On my birthday week I was in Paris, and after receiving the keys to my apartment I began following the works in the house. At times things got frenetic but, nonetheless, I still found some free time to explore and have many, many dreamy meals.
I spent my birthday morning choosing tiles for the kitchen, but then got macarons at Ladurée in St. Germain des Près, went to Montmartre and had an omelette and champagne at Le Consulat, a regular meetup place for Picasso, Lautrec, Dali etc. and where Woody Allen shot part of
Everyone Says I Love You, took a walk on the Champs Elysées by night and stood under the Eiffel tower at midnight to see it sparkle. What a way to welcome the 20s!
During that week it hit me how blessed I am to soon be living in this city. I have never been this excited and happy about anything else before. My arrondissement is so beautiful I kind of want to cry a little bit. I am so excited that I feel like being productive, adventurous, discovering every inch of the city, buying flowers for my balcony on a regular basis, bringing my camera around at all times like Willy Ronis, dressing my best everyday and not caring about calories. Coincidentally, Midnight in Paris is on tv right now and, if you've seen the film, Gil and I are basically the same person. So you get the idea of how thrilled I am to be moving there. I just hope that the city will take me on a ride as much as it did with Gil.
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| On my balcony! |
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| Lunch on top of the Centre Pompidou |
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| Calabria last weekend |
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| Calabria last weekend |
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| Added a suitcase from Spitalfields at the back |
I'm in Rome now, summer is finally here again and for now I've got lots coming up - I've seen Jovanotti live for the second time, I'm DJing at a 20s themed party tomorrow night, going to Calabria again this weekend, flying to Germany next week, going on a road trip in Southern Italy with an Austrian friend and flying to Paris again.
Long live summer.
x C
