Sirens and Lights

Have I mentioned that I LOVE paris? Love it love it love it love it! So, after quite a long day (including my losing my TGV ticket and having to pay for another one to Paris and it being an overbooked ticket so that I almost had to sit in the aisle thingy in the smoking section instead of the original nice, cheap, seated student ticket I had….), I arrived in Paris at 8pm and hauled myself, my backpacks and lots of chocolate (presents) through the Metro (love the Metro…even that yucky smell that is still the same as always) and up the inclined streets of Montmartre to Emily’s apartment where I then lugged my stuff up 5 flights of stairs…gotta love old buildings with no elevators. You know that you made good decisions with your luggage when you have no blisters or anything even after hauling everything you own in it for an entire day. In any case, arrived in Paris and then went out with Emily and her friends to this great sushi place where everyone in the restaurant has a computer screen and you can chat with one another…send each other drawings and ask questions and stuff…very entertaining. Finished the night off walking around the 1st arrondisment talking with Emily over Nutella crepes. Good stuff. Very excited about being back in a big city that’s busy…une vraie ville, with crazy winos in the Metro blaring his portable CD player…probably good for lessening the culture shock that I would have had going from Geneva to India, as Bombay is like the exact opposite of Geneva based on how I remember it….chaos, noise, poverty, color vs. pristine, calm, quiet Geneva….

ok…croissants and coffee are calling me, along with the remnants of my last Lindt chocolate bar…talk to you all later!!!

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