Today,while walking in Pere Lachaise Cemetery (which by the way is an official tourist attraction and even offers a virtual walk on its website www.pere-lachaise.com), I realized it's been a month since my arrival. Time not long enough to go on top of the Eifel Tower, see Mona Lisa or visit Versailles, Pompidou, Invalid and all regular tourist sights(unfortunately)...but apparently long enough to
- experience french firemen breaking into the flat through the window;
- get to see Vivienne Westwood and a bunch of "top models" live;
- catch up with old friends I know from other trips;
- make new friends or meet new people who turn out to be friend's of friend's or ex girl/boyfriends of other friends (which could lead to awkward situations...);
- celebrate my Birthday with "strangers";
- cry on the steps of Sacre Coer
-find a Bulgarian supermarket (not that somebody cares, but just in case you need some good yogurt)
...In other words: time long enough to gather first impressions!
SO, how do you know that you are in PARIS?!
1) if you can smell freshly baked croissants and pain au chocolat (right spelling?) in the metro station every morning! (underline morning, normally all metro stations smell like piss...)
2) if you see more than two girls looking lost, carrying big books and maps in the metro or on the street (could be Milan, NY or London...but in this case is Paris!)
3) if you miss the metro and you wait only 2 mins till next train arrives
4) if more than 3 people in the metro are biting their nails (never seen anywhere else so many people biting nails, which has made me change my seat many times)
5) if there is a metro station every 300 feet
* after 1)-5) you see where i get to spend 75% of my time
6) if the waiter is angry with you with no reason (maybe you turned the chairs of this cute street coffee place wrong, they are supposed to be facing the street- Don't move them! Or maybe you just tried to order in French-Don't you dare, even if their English is worst than your French! Well, unless you wanna drink beer instead of Evian)
7) if you are about to visit someone and beside the regular details such as street name, number and floor there is a CODE! (it is not a postal code, it opens the door!)
8) if there is no WC in the bathroom (I mean- it's not that unusual, but here is everywhere-so don' t ask for a bathroom, ask for the toilet)
9) if women on the street are pretty, stylish and skinny (clap clap! bravo! french women are taking good care of themselves)
10)...if guys are good-looking too (ok, this could be also Italy or Spain...but those here don't check you out, they seem too busy)
11) if almost everybody has a cat (or 3 small dogs walking them on a leash, seems that having one dog is not cool, big dog is also not cool)
12)if they tell you: "If you need something, there is a CASINO around the corner!" Don't worry, you don't have to go gambling, it's a supermarket chain.
Don't get me wrong! I already LOVE Paris! No, seriously, I do!
BP going to bed now!
- get to see Vivienne Westwood and a bunch of "top models" live;
- catch up with old friends I know from other trips;
- make new friends or meet new people who turn out to be friend's of friend's or ex girl/boyfriends of other friends (which could lead to awkward situations...);
- celebrate my Birthday with "strangers";
- cry on the steps of Sacre Coer
-find a Bulgarian supermarket (not that somebody cares, but just in case you need some good yogurt)
...In other words: time long enough to gather first impressions!
SO, how do you know that you are in PARIS?!
1) if you can smell freshly baked croissants and pain au chocolat (right spelling?) in the metro station every morning! (underline morning, normally all metro stations smell like piss...)
2) if you see more than two girls looking lost, carrying big books and maps in the metro or on the street (could be Milan, NY or London...but in this case is Paris!)
3) if you miss the metro and you wait only 2 mins till next train arrives
4) if more than 3 people in the metro are biting their nails (never seen anywhere else so many people biting nails, which has made me change my seat many times)
5) if there is a metro station every 300 feet
* after 1)-5) you see where i get to spend 75% of my time
6) if the waiter is angry with you with no reason (maybe you turned the chairs of this cute street coffee place wrong, they are supposed to be facing the street- Don't move them! Or maybe you just tried to order in French-Don't you dare, even if their English is worst than your French! Well, unless you wanna drink beer instead of Evian)
7) if you are about to visit someone and beside the regular details such as street name, number and floor there is a CODE! (it is not a postal code, it opens the door!)
8) if there is no WC in the bathroom (I mean- it's not that unusual, but here is everywhere-so don' t ask for a bathroom, ask for the toilet)
9) if women on the street are pretty, stylish and skinny (clap clap! bravo! french women are taking good care of themselves)
10)...if guys are good-looking too (ok, this could be also Italy or Spain...but those here don't check you out, they seem too busy)
11) if almost everybody has a cat (or 3 small dogs walking them on a leash, seems that having one dog is not cool, big dog is also not cool)
12)if they tell you: "If you need something, there is a CASINO around the corner!" Don't worry, you don't have to go gambling, it's a supermarket chain.
Don't get me wrong! I already LOVE Paris! No, seriously, I do!
BP going to bed now!
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