I'm back from a brief blogging hiatus. As the headline to this blog foreshadows, lots of things have happened these past two weeks. I made it home to Florida in one piece after a grueling 27-hour journey and two missed flights. I experienced from a distance the blowing up of a suspect suitcase at the airport in Paris (which was the cause of my first missed flight). But it was all worth it to see my family whom I missed terribly.
While I was home, I realized that I have it good in FL. I had always taken for granted all the simple comforts of being home before living in France (having a clothes dryer, homemade food, Miami supermarkets with platanos verdes and yuca, air conditioning). I realized that I don't want to live far from my family. I'm missing so much of my younger sisters' lives and I want to be there for them. When my family came to pick me up in the airport, my youngest sister was looking at me like she couldn't remember my face. Like, "is that really you?" I don't want to be a stranger to my family! For this and many other reasons, I'm not going to renew my contract. I'm tired of exploring and I think I'm ready to settle down in one place.
My horrible experience flying to the States was completely redeemed on the way back to France. I, Miss Fabulous Girl with Connections in American Airlines, got to fly from Miami to Paris free on first class! Upon setting foot on the plane, the flight attendant kindly offered me a drink and a hot towel. Why thank you, darling.
As soon as I got home (to France) I threw a few things in a smaller suitcase because at 3 a.m., I was to get on a bus and go to Milan. The shoe and pursemaking students were going to a fashion expo and the other English assistant and I were invited to go along. Milan is more like French than Italian. The city wasn't all that great though--I think it's overhyped.
When I got home from Milan, I (again) threw a few things in a backpack because in the morning, I was getting picked up to spend the weekend in a chalet in the Vercors, the mountains nearest to here. We did a couple of hikes and explored some caves. It was amazing! I regretted not bringing my climbing gear when I saw a couple of climbers on a rock face. The cliffs and views are amazing in the Vercors!
And that's the past two weeks, in a nutshell. On Friday, my sister and cousin are coming to visit and that should be a whole other adventure!
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Glad to hear everything turned out OK. Was worried that with the strikes you might end up stranded somewhere.
If you had decided to stay, I would have suggested going to Nantes...but now that you're not, well, je te souhaite une excellente fin de séjour là-bas et bonne continuation!
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