Saturday, December 20, 2008

Things I'll Miss About Paris

So, I'm just kind of expecting this question to come up a lot once I get home. Anyways, here's my list, though I'm sure there's other things that I'm not thinking of:
  • Pudding and Jedi
  • Having my laundry done for me every day
  • 5.50 euro lunch from the yellow boulangerie down the street from school
  • fresh, hot pain au chocolat from the bakery next to the my metro stop
  • everyone sitting in the salon at school and talking about that week's episode of Gossip Girl that we all watched online Tuesday afternoon.
  • knowing everyone at school
  • the ballet (especially free ballet)
  • getting school credit for walking around Paris and learning really awesome things about the city
  • the kids and teenagers in the 16th arrondisement who do and always will look infinitely cooler than me.
  • scarfs!
  • crepes, baguettes, macaroons, chocolate, hot chocolate made with real chocolate...
  • the fact that literally every single building is gorgeous and old
  • the signs at almost every metro stop telling you how many minutes until the next train
  • awesome and free NYU events and trips
  • dinner with Beatrice
  • the fact that a large majority of the Parisian population is skinny and attractive and well-dressed
  • seeing the Eiffel Tower (and, let's be honest, the giant billboard of Jude Law) on my walk to school
  • my friends
  • that guilty feeling that I get whenever I find myself sitting in my room instead of walking around Paris
  • sitting on the steps at Sacre Coeur and listening to the musicians
  • brown sugar bubble tea (why have I never seen this flavor in the US??)
  • all of the museums
  • the sound of the French language
  • um, pretty much everything...

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