Bisous de Paris

I moved to Paris three weeks ago and ever since, life has been stupendously beautiful.
It has, however, also been incredibly busy. I hope to be able to keep updating, but for now I have created a Flickr to document my life in belle Paris, and I update it on an almost daily basis.
You are more than welcome to check it out, if you'd like.

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Bisous,

C

XVI

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.

On my balcony!

Lunch on top of the Centre Pompidou

Calabria last weekend

Calabria last weekend

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

20 years of lovely life

Quick update : 

IT'S MY BIRTHDAAAYYY and I am currently on a rooftop in Paris with roses, crepes and champagne :-)

In a nutshell, two days ago I received my keys so I'm officially a very happy owner of a studio apartment in Paris. I finished my exams last week, went home to Rome for two days and I'm now here in Paris to begin all the works that have to be done in the house.

All proper updates and pictures up next!

Bonne nuit,

C

Spring '13

MAJOR NEWS

I flew back to Rome last weekend, was home for a couple of days and yesterday I took the 4am flight to Paris, spent the day there and flew back at night.

Long story short: I NOW HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN PARIS!!!

The whole story: We arrived so early and went straight to see the house, my stop is Trocadéro, so I get to walk straight up to the Eiffel tower to get to and from there, to uni everyday. I can’t believe I found my house in the XVIth arrondissement, I’ve heard people compare it to NYC’s Upper East Side and it definitely looks like it. I basically have a Pierre Hermé right beneath my house! 

The house is so so so so perfect I cried when I walked in. It’s a mini loft with a mezzanine floor for my bedroom/wardrobe area, I’m on the 7th and last floor and have a big balcony where I can eat with a view of Parisian roofs, a huge area of Paris and the Eiffel tower, I can actually see it from a window right above my stove, my bed, and from my shower!!!

We then went to the notary to sign the house papers. By then it was beautiful weather, and we went and had lunch at Cafe de Flore (!!!!!!!!!!!!) with my mum, strolled through St Germain de Pres, the Seine and the Louvre, and stopped by La Durée before returning to the airport.

All of this feels so surreal. The house is too perfect for me to believe it, I think I’m going to have the best year of my life in Paris.

Here's a few pics from Paris, and from the Easter week with my family in southern Italy.