Monday, February 19, 2007

here's to a "local" weekend.

this past weekend was great...i did nothing spectacular, but for the first time, if felt like a weekend in a city i'm living in, not a city i'm visiting. Things like meeting a friend for dinner, spending a couple hours wandering around, agonizing over whether or not to buy something, and babysitting for a night help me to feel more natural here.

that being said, I want to go somewhere next weekend. Right now, i'm looking at Reims, Brussels, or Marseilles. I really want to go with someone, but I think i'd be up for traveling solo if no one sounds interested. I want to see more than just Paris while i'm here though, and this coming weekend seems like a good time to start.

especially now that I have a lovely new camera :) I ended up buying a camera this weekend. they had a good deal on a decent camera, so i'm satisfied with the conclusion of that. I don't know if i'm going to replace my ipod yet, I feel like it's a more superficial need than the camera. I think if i comes down to taking a zeekend vacation or having an ipod, i'll go with the vacation.



One of my favorite past times here is people watching. On the metro, in a park, walking down the street...it's just entertaining to watch. to wonder where they're going. where they're coming from. what their personality is. to make up answers to all of it. There are some people who just have a distinctive air, and they just make the imagination go. In the space of a few seconds, I could create a background for them, a complete stranger.

bisous a tous

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I too want to walk around the streets of Paris! You mentioned people watching... are there crazy azn people in Paris? Or are they all crazy azn tourists?