I’m leaving for Paris on Wednesday, April 15th. I’ll be returning on Thursday, April 23rd. This is your last chance to say, “Hey Morgan, be sure to do X,” or, “Hey Morgan, watch out for Y.” (Where X and Y equal crazy French stuff.)
Here’s a list of what I’m most excited about:
A confession: I’m slightly frightened. This is the first time I’ll be truly on my own in a foreign country. My (semi-fluent) sister will be meeting up with me eventually, but for the first few days I will be entirely by myself, with no phone and limited internet access, and a vocabulary of approximately 100 random French words.
I’m generally super-brave (ask anybody), so it’s kind of fun to feel intimidated by something; to plunge into the somewhat-unknown.
Bring it, France.
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Watch out for:
1) Modern art
2) The French
Definitely:
1) Have fun
2) Write about it when you get back
A Dare:
Get a picture of you posing with a Paris native while (you) wearing a “Bush/Cheney ‘04″ t-shirt.
-Jon
I would hope all those t-shirts had been destroyed, by now… Republicans are capable of shame, right?
I recommend *always* saying “Bonjour” before starting any kind of conversation, including asking for help in a shop. In my experience, if you walk into a shop and catch the salesperson’s eye and say “excuse me, could you help me find (insert random french item here)”, but omit an initial “bonjour” even if you said it all in french and used the uber-polite subjunctive tense, it was considered rude. We actually had a policeman mutter about our rudeness in our faces when we tried to ask for directions (this was before he realized we actually spoke french quiet well and understood him).
Other things:
Saint-Chapelle is a gorgeous little oft-overlooked chapel with some beautiful stained glass. That’s my advice.
Buy crepe on the street with butter and sugar. Like, every day. Chase with croissant.
Check to see when museums open at the door, sometimes they’ll open earlier than posted and you can avoid the tourist insanity.
Have fun!
Butter and sugar every day? What about dietary variety? Nutella one day, then lemon and sugar, apricot confiture, nutella and banana, nutella and pear, nutella and coconut, nutella and… another nutella one for your sister…
Have fun, my friend. I can’t wait to read all about it!
XO
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