Paris je t'aime

1. 3. Jud
2. Not exactly sure what was going on
4. 5. Bal des Pompiers a la caserne Blanche
6. 7. Views from Pont Alexandre III
8. Garden along the Seine

After 2 and a half weeks in here and living like a local, I finally feel like I've begun to settle in.

• I get verlan and I can sometimes talk fast and actually contribute to conversations. 
• It's become impulse to say "non merci" to vendors who wander the streets and into restaurants/cafes/bars selling roses. 
• I'm getting to know the 9ieme and 18ieme pretty damn well and
• I've been able to hold my hunger off to about 9pm every night.

Also,

• I haven't gone a day without drinking.

I love it. I've already moved out into an amazing apartment in Montmartre with friends and it's amazing. But I know I can have this anytime. Being completely immersed in a different culture is the most rewarding experience in the world and I know I'll do this again; spend six months, a year, more in Paris. Soon. I've fallen deeply, madly in love with Paris, its culture and its people. Being told that I have a good accent, that I speak French really well....best feeling in the world. I still have 6 days left but every now and then I feel like I've left already. Oh dear getting all nostalgic in here.