that's my goal...to get those not-so-outwardly-friendly parisians to smile at me. and i did it today! i was out on a run and did the grin-nod thing at anyone who would look at me. yeah, some of the french looked away or gave me a "what the heck are you doing, you crazy person" look, but some of them gave me a warm smile back. that made my day. i don't know what everyone's talking about, saying the french aren't friendly. i mean, yeah, some are rude, but most of them are perfectly pleasant.
last night we went to the french theater...actually, the comedie francaise. we saw le mariage de figaro. i couldn't understand anything (wait, that's a lie...i did manage to catch a few things, like "his mother" and "my wife"), but i had read a plot summary before, so i could follow along for the most part. it was pretty funny...had me laughing and i didn't even know what they were saying. plus i felt so very french, going out to the theater. all in all, a good experience.
all i can think about is DISNEYLAND ON SATURDAY! ohhhh and now amsterdam in december :-) europe rules. can i move here and bring all my friends? actually, no, i don't want to do that. california rocks pretty hard.
traveling is pretty simple (er, at least, making plans to travel is). it's making me want to roam around more in the states...you know, like make random trips to texas or montana or florida for the weekend. do people do that? it doesnt matter. maybe i'll start the trend.
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