paris
On Monday Alex and I are going to Paris (: Somehow I don't feel excited, but there's a part of me that never really gets excited for things until they are actually in full motion. I have missed France and speaking French, so I hope this little break meets my expectations. At the very least it will be so delicious just to get away from everybody else for a little while; the two of us in another country alone. Where nobody can disturb us, and we can shack up in our hotel. I know that Le Grand Hotel de Paris will be faded and drab, but I know that I will love it all the same for its hidden old world chic that I will dream up from its peeling wallpaper and chintzy fabrics. I will spend my three days being terribly French and drinking my coffee black with sugar, eating brioches and pains au chocolat and ridiculous amounts of bread. Alex and I will frequent curious little cafes and visit that bizarre house of taxidermy that we saw on the internet. I am definitely looking forward to seeing an array of stuffed animals, even if nothing else seems forthrightly enthralling right now.