Paris Life

Today marked the 2 week mark before our adventure in Europe ends, it does feel like every day counts now.

So because of that, we ate Thai food tonight! Ok, so we can get Thai in Austin, but it was a place we had passed by a few time and I'd be curious about. And with only 2 weeks left, it was time to actually try it. Luckily it was quite tasty, and was actually the first truly spicy thing I'd eaten in the last 5 months. Even the "mexican" food here isn't actually spicy, so this was a nice surprise.

Afterwards we went to our friendly local crepe stand, and because Kara was with me, she could actually communicate with him. He forgot to put the banana's in the "Nutella and Banana" crepe, so he gave us the messed up one for free, threw in some free coconut, and actually seemed sad when Kara told him we'd only be around for 2 more weeks. I will definitely miss having delicious fresh crepes only a 5 minute walk from our flat.

I also got my final French haircut today. It's the 3rd one of our journey, and is probably the most difficult part of being an ex-pat just because I do not have the vocabulary to express what I want. Thank goodness for Google Translate and being able to print out its translations! And now I have much less shaggy hair.

Also I think my French has actually gotten worse over the last week or so. I've been forgetting how to pronounce things. But I've pretty much given up on it since I'm only here another 2 weeks, and while I never got to the "broken but understandable conversation" phase, I am happy with how much I can read at least.

We also booked our Airbnb room for this weekend to visit Mont Saint Michel and the Normandy beaches. We wanted to do as much of France as possible since it's a unique opportunity to have a car, and this is the one place we've been trying to go to for months and never quite made it. So it's our last shot, since we only have 2 more weekends and we wanted to spend the last one here to just enjoy Paris.

Speaking of which, it's actually getting warm here! Sad to go just when things are blooming and you don't need a coat everyday, but we're trying to make the most of it.