I'm not sure where to begin. This has simultaneously happened so fast yet dragged on so slowly its hard to believe the Eiffel Tower is outside my window, but last time I checked its still there. I've been quite sick since the miserable plane ride (miserable only because I felt awful), and today is the first day i've felt remotely healthy, although I still suffer from a hacking cough which seems to be deteriorating again as i write this.
So, invariably, I've not been particularly able to take everything with the sentiment and clarity I would prefer, but that's ok. Things have really just started, so it's hard to judge how I'm feeling. Kind of blank, actually - but happy. So here is my scattered stream of thought because I'm too tired to put this in proper order (but stay tuned for next time).
love that i can turn any corner any be astounded with some random albeit beautiful creation or work made at the whim of some fantastical king, scholar, poet, architect...
why cant americans just simply BE, outside a cafe, on the steps, at the square chatting, talking, watching...BEING. this is completely and utterly lost in our culture. I really wish my french was not next to useless as i have trouble communicating with 5 year-olds but i guess why thats why im living in Paris for a year
I cannot wait to find my permanent flat/house/room whatever it may be... and a bike... and also to be healthy and un-jet-lagged.
This city will teach me a thing or 2 about self-discipline via budgeting,
More sensible updates coming soon
Eeep! I'm so excited! I'm happy you are getting some time to be astounded before school starts. I keep thinking of the beginning of that movie when the Parisian guy first gets to Barcelona and thinks "soon all of this will seem so familiar, soon all of this will be home."
ReplyDeleteIt's only a matter of time. Enjoy getting lost.
-Bee