It's raining today! Not a shower day, but a full blown monsoon day. So rainy that I had to take the subway back home from school. But weather is touchy in Paris around this time of year (I always forget that May is still cold and everyone wears decorative scarfs) I went to Lutece, talked a bit with my old teachers and they put me in B1, which was clearly too hard for me. I tried my best! For lunch I headed over to Les Halles because I could do some window shopping out of the rain and eat QUICK! I got this supreme burger and holy hell, it was tasty. The French know how to make stuff (even fast food) taste good. It was covered in French mustard, so it was nice and spicy.
After heading home, I bought some post cards and stamps. I remembered the vocabulary word so I felt all smart and French, asking the kiosk men if they sold them. I went to the post and had a conversation with the lady that sold them to me and she complimented me on my pronunciation.
Stamps: timbres
I hurried home, started writing out my post cards (nieces, nephews, bffs, etc.) and since it was still raining "come use cache qui pis" (like a cow that's pissing) Trixie and I took a nap while watching an episode of Orange is the New Black. I woke up just in time for ballet class (the weather was finally nicer) so I biked over and was so happy to see M. Lazarelli teaching. I always laugh a lot in his class and he even said that my leaps were very good (I'm hoping to improve my jumps so that when I return to the states and start aerials again, I can help my partner out)
Biking home was legit magical. The sky looked like orange sherbet and cotton candy, as I pedaled past Notre Dame the bells tolled as if to welcome me, the Parisians were all out in their sexy "I'm not trying but I'm really trying" fashion, and the Seine was clear. BTW, here's a photo of our apartment building. Aaron is in one of our 5 windows. It's a huge apartment and it suits us. Aaron was using a hot plate to make dinner which meant that we had to eat slowly and in courses (very French) because our stove doesn't really work and we have no microwave.
We went out as a family for drinks around the corner and went for a long walk to tire Trixie out. She's way more cuddly here in France. Maybe because she gets way more tired? We live in a 5 story walk up. (The things I take for granted back home)
Oh and this is one of my favorite things in my neighborhood. It's a candy stand that is outside the movie theater EVERYDAY! They weigh your candy, and they have EVERYTHING!
Marshmallow: guimauve
One last thing; we have been getting the most crazy lightning storms. I tried taking photos on burst to try and capture the light and only after about 10 minutes of hanging out the window does Aaron tell me that it's not possible with my camera. This is the closest I got. The sky looks decent, but it's actually after midnight in this picture and the lightning JUST struck.
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