Sunday, June 19, 2011

i can see the Alps from my window :]

lately
i've been thinking about this trip as a whole
and how to summarize it.

it's near impossible.

but here are some "spewed thoughts" about it. hopefully they'll get my point across.

ready
go.

Friends, The Simpsons and Spongebob Squarepants are REALLY popular here.
so is techno music and rap
a lot of American artists and actors are as well...
which is kind of dumb, since the majority of french people dislike english and the people who speak it.

also
they drive like MANIACS.
it is ridiculous.. they have no spatial awareness whatsoever and they speed like crazyyy.

the pastries
are soooo good.
so is the bread and cheese..
but mostly the pastries. :]
my fav has become pain au chocolate.
delicious!

the french have no clue how to do the whole "fast food" thing. lol.
it makes me laugh.

each dinner i've had at home tho, has been soooo tasty.
and like 4 courses long, mind you.
that's another thing i really do love about french culture.
they know how to eat.

THAT REMINDS ME. 
the other day... i had coeur de palmier.
translation? heart of a palm tree.
no
it's not a coconut.
i actually ate THE MIDDLE of a palm tree.
it looks like this:

they made me eat it with mayonnaise
(which was also different than American mayonnaise)
aaand it was actually quite fantastique! :]
i wonder if you can find it in the US..


anyway
other things.

the toilettes are smaller and flush... weirdly.
a lot of the toilet paper here is colored a lot of the time too.



Coke is made with real sugar.
its amazing.
i've had a lil 33cl can almost everyday since i've been here.

there's another drink called Orangina.
i think its boring, but it's super popular over here.
Kaitlyn actually informed me that they show it in the movie Taken!
(the scene when he is in the car with the pop singer he was protecting. she's freaking out cuz she almost got killed, and he says "Here. Drink this," and hands her some freaking ORANGINA. hahaha.


hmmmm..
OH YA.

everyyyyoneeee smokes here.
i'm not kidding.
EVERYONE.
from like.. 12 yrs old on up.
it's disgusting.

and it's really funny tome, cuz the french say they are all "environment friendly"
like they never use paper/plastic shopping bags
they hate everything that has "colorants" in it
it has to be "natural"
they love tiny/smart cars.

yet.
they smoke.
almost ALL of them.

it's bizarre.

on a more positive note,
the fashion here is AWEOSME.
everyone here just does their own thing.
i love it :]

ima come back to the US lookin super chic ;P


alsoooo
PDA is hugee here.
even with older couples
sometimes it's cute
sometimes... it's gross. lol.

but most of the time just cute :]
it makes me miss Devin even more every time i see it.


but
bottom line
this has been an eye opening experience for me.
it made me realize a few key things about life

first
i am SO grateful to live in America where there's ice, and escalators, and easily accessible warm water, and where people have figured out that smoking KILLS you. haha. where everything is bigger, and cheaper1
and most of all, where everyone speaks ENGLISH.
i now realize my life is sooo blessed

second
it doesn't really matter where you travel, because it's people that make life enjoyable.
not places.


i'll remember this trip for the rest of my life.
it's definitely changed my outlook on things.



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