I do love the lifestyle here in Paris, the last couple of days have been spent either eating everything in plain sight, or meeting people for wine while getting lost in the Bastille and Montmartre...The other day I literally covered all of the steep hills of Montmartre on foot until I found the nearest metro stop. It was beautiful because everything was closed and it was a Sunday, so it's peaceful tranquility was hard to find on any other day in Paris. I went back to my favorite cafe where I received some more slow service, but this time I was accompanied by a girl from Canada whom I met there! She was interning in London as an art gallery curator which I of course found extremely interesting, she was one of those sweet bubbly people whom you couldn't help stare at and wonder "whats life done to you, to make you be so happy?"
After that I took the metro down to the Bastile which I had no idea was located, but I figured once again, the day is young so I will walk until I find it. The day was warm and I had just finished a very much craved Big Mac, now before all the judgment begins all of my American friends must understand one thing.... I HATE McDonald's and do not show any support back in the states. But on this Sunny Sunday afternoon I had an unexplainable craving so I did what I thought I should do while in Paris, I satisfied my craving. And boy was it worth it! So at this point I had completed a Big Mac meal, espresso and Gelato in Montmartre and now I had the odd craving for Sushi!
I returned home that evening after completing a great day out and about, I was talking with my boyfriend when I received an invite by this group on face book I had joined to meet people like myself in Paris. I thought "no one ever just makes random plans back in New York, this is what I have been waiting for...Spontaneity in Paris!". So I jumped on the next metro and met three very interesting people for wine back in the Bastille. One gentlemen of Indian decent but born and raised in Greece, who then studied in London and now lived in Paris! Yes talk about a very confusing accent, then another gentlemen from India who was here on an internship and finally my favorite...a girl named Vilte. Vilte is here on similar a similar exhibition to myself, a writer from LA who was taking a break from life back home. She is Lithuania and just as bubbly and outgoing and most of my friends back home, We immediately hit things off!
Today I sit in my usual cafe in Nanterre and drink the last bit of my delicious cappuccino where I can still taste the bottom of the cups last bit of sugar. The couple in front of me in middle aged and still in love, I can't help but stare; they catch me and simply smile. Everything is different here people enjoy their lunch hour in outdoor cafe's with no rush back to the office; I wonder if they are on a paid hours lunch break. After this I will meet with another American artist here in Paris for my first Parisian photo shoot, she is very talented and so I am very excited.
I miss my family more and more each day but something tells me the fun is just begun...
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