Just a normal week..

Scaffolding, the Parisian way.

A friend from home asked me to tell her what my favourite Paris adventure was

this week. This week was a tough one though, because really, the week has been

just the same as any other...

I mean, I guess we did drink a bottle of champagne in the sun sitting on

Ile-St-Louis (my favourite spot in Paris), and then go and get ice cream

(Mandarin, Apricot, Chocolate & Praline flavored) from Bertillon. And I suppose

we did spend a morning sitting in the Luxembourg gardens, just hanging out

watching the kids on school holidays playing with sailboats on the lake. And then

we did see heaps of our friends, went out for Indian, went out for Japanese, went

to a cafe and bumped into about 20 people, had mint tea at the mosque, had

lunch at cafe des Philosophes in Le Marais, and I did go to the hammam with my

ladies.
Just a regular, ordinary week in the life of...
In all honesty though, this week has made me realise that when it is time to pack

up our little 15m2 in Paris and get on a plane back home, a part of me is going to

be really sad. I feel like I know this place so well know... I know how to get

around, I undersand when people make references to street names, or cafe's or

shops, or areas. I feel like now I am really settled here. I feel like I could stay if I

had to...I have realized that there are some really awful things about Paris that

make me miss home so much, but at the same time the beauty here is

undeniable, and once you know how to navigate past the yucky to discover the

incredible, it really is an amazing city.

Paris, Je t'aime.