A few month has no explanation. Potentially a lack of noteworthy happenings may explain my silence but maybe it's just me being lazy. With a few journeys home being made it's re-invigorated my desire to see and experience true Paris and I do definitely feel a lot more settled since I came back from Christmas.
I've been following a few blogs of fellow Parisians and they've led me to some strange things. Most notably was a pop-up weekend "market" in an old car-park a few weeks ago. It was called Brunch Bazaar and if I was asked to define it, I'm not sure I could. It was €5 entry and midday-9pm. Downstairs there was a DJ playing "chill-out" music, a row of pinball machines, a table tennis table and a few vintage/second-hand clothes rails at the far end. Then upstairs was a café serving mulled wine, (in February..criminal) a model apartment kitted out by Diesel, a children's play area and a bunch of board games which people were playing. Maddie and I settled into Cluedo before swiftly realising that we didn't in fact know how to play, or at least we couldn't remember and my vocab wasn't strong enough in board game related phrases to help us much. We exited slightly confused by the whole thing but with a lovely coat picked up for a steal at €40.
Other than that I'm in full concert/exhibition hunting mode and determined to see as much as possible. With tickets booked for a Laura Marling gig, an all-nigh Tim Burton film festival and another huge addition in just the last few minutes things are looking very rosy in Paris at the moment and the France England game on Sunday with Bob and Fred for company should top it all off. Back in the game.
The only minor glitch in my otherwise perfect life right now is the absence of my European friends, most of them having left after just one term. So I said goodbye to the Germans, to the Dutch and to some Poles so now there remains just 2 of my friends. Laurent, a Polish fella, and Alvaro a Real Madrid mad Spaniard. So it remains to be seen if I have it in me to re-make some new friends but for now the 3 euro amigos are staying strong.
