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leaving

things i will miss about paris:
first and foremost, my friends. i've met amazing people here that i hope to keep in contact for the rest of my life. neel and maryann, i can't wait to meet again in paris, when we each have a million children and probably husbands that speak different languages. there are others i will miss, but too many to name.
i'll miss crepes, the food of the gods. crepes with strawberry jam. crepes with nutella. crepes with cinammon.
i'll miss baguettes rustiques from gerard mulot.
i'll miss my little tiny cozy room with the shower at the end of the bed.
i'll miss the jardin du luxumbourg and the beautiful paths lined with parisians in the magic chairs that don't get stolen.
i'll miss the seine, particularly walking along it at night when the city is all lit up and i am walking to a bar with a large group of laughing people and also sitting along its edge, eating with friends.
i'll miss paris's amazing ability to be beautiful ALL THE TIME.
i'll miss pretending like i'm not american (in my head, whenever people asked me i told the truth).
i'll miss the roses. i've never seen more beautiful rose bushes than the ones in the gardin at the musee rodin and outside notre dame.
i'll miss the cafes and the ability to sit there for hours and hours when i only spent 2 euro.
i'll miss panini the way they do it here (though it might be the same in new york, i don't know).
i'll miss bad american tv poorly dubbed over in french.
i'll miss the weather.
i'll miss the tiny cute little metro system.
i'll miss the grocery stores i shopped in here, with their huge cheese and yogurt sections and extensive wine isles.
i hate to admit it, but i'll miss french. i'll miss having the ability to communicate in another language.
i'll miss my neighborhood: place st. sulpice, eglise st. germain de pres, rue de buci, the museum of middle age and its garden with the free internet, st michel, and all the bars.
i'll miss jussieu and charles 5, though not the french education system.
i'll miss the people in my maitrisse course.
i'll miss feeling the romance this city exudes.
i'll miss the history inherent in a city where the romans once lived.
i'll miss condom dispensers in the subway.
i'll miss my very relaxed life here.
i'll miss living alone.
i'll miss the beautiful men.
i'll miss who i was here.



but i'm coming home tomorrow and you have no idea how good that feels.

posted by lindsey @ 1:47 PM