Bonjour!

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I sit, as you see me, in my Paris apartment, munching on a croissant aux abricots. I have accomplished my first successful shopping expedition and made myself understood in French, as I ordered a baguette avec poulet, the afore mentioned croissant, and a salade aux tomates.

It's a bank holiday of some sort today, and everything is closed. That's one disadvantage of having to forage for myself. No doubt in a day or so when I'm less stupid with tiredness I'll find a good marche and get in some supplies. Meanwhile, on my street

there are a number of interesting looking cafes and other eating establishments, including a number of Japanese restaurants, should I develop a craving for sushi. The one about three doors down even delivers, or so it would seem from the fleet of Vespas parked outside with little cold boxes decorated with the company logo on the back.

The trip over was very, very long and uneventful. Highlight was bus-ride in from the airport, through what I realized was Montmartre. I was filled with the utmost glee. Travel squee :)

Right now I have been up for going on 28 hours and am just pushing through to avoid the worst of the jet lag. No doubt I shall awaken, starving, at about 2 in the morning. I have half a croissant left to stave off the pangs if so.

So far, I'm liking it a lot. No dog poop misadventures yet, though I have seen a lot of dogs.

Comments

[marri.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is a gorgeous view. For me, one of the highlights of a Europe trip would be seeing the architecture which is, at times, older than the very country we live in here.

As for sushi in Paris, it might sound amusing, but you should be pretty safe if you try it because there's some kind of "sushi police" thing going on right now. Japan got upset that the sushi in Europe was 'unauthentic,' and started demanding standards. I don't know if it's in effect already, but in either case the experience of sushi in France is just kitschy enough that I think you should go for it, at least once!

Good luck getting over your jet lag. I hope you have lots of fun!

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There seem to be almost as many Japanese restaurants as there are French ones, so I think I won't be able to resist. The best Japanese food I've ever had was in London, but perhaps Parisian sushi will be superior even to that! I like the idea of the "sushi police" :)