Pardon my French...

After wrapping up my long career with my old company, (more on that later), what better way to take some time off in between jobs!

After over 9 years in one company, I decided to take a break. 1 day and a weekend to be exact. Sad isn't it. Bad planning I call it!

Anyway, it was nice to get away and the destination was Paris. Why?

First, its easy to get to. None of this 2 hour before departure stuff and long queues at security. You can turn up 30 min of departure, check in, go through security and sit on the train. Its perfect.

Second, I didnt' want to hit a city that required much sightseeing. Luckily I've been before, so I wanted to get away from London and just relax.

Third, I'm learning French, so why not apply what I've learned!

It was a good and memorable trip. We spent the weekend mostly cafe hopping. I did get to experience a lot of Paris that I haven't seen. The St Germain De Pres and Le Marais neighborhoods were my favourites. I also fell in love with the Place des Vosges. We also hit destinations that I always wanted to check out such as walking on Pont Neuf, Pont des Arts, wandering around Montmartre, and visiting Musée d'Orsay.

There's just something about being able to hit a city, take in its culture, and relaxing. It was only a 3 day visit, but well worth it.

O-Town

For some odd reason, O-Town's song, "All or Nothing" entered my head this reason. Very strange. Anyway, it got me thinking about this blog. (And additionally, the disappearance of boy bands, and guilty pleasures in general, but I won't go there.) Specifically the fact that I haven't written in it as much as I've wanted to. I was thinking of opening the blog to more random topics as this whole "assimilation" project of living in the UK has gone stale. But I won't rant on that now...

What I do want to rant about is how funny it is learning a new language.

As part of my New Year's resolutions I posted back in January, I wanted a pick up a new skill. I'm actually picking up a couple of new skills, one of which is speaking French!

I have class every week and its so funny because I feel like an idiot trying to read and speak. When I'm reading, I feel like I'm in grade school, sounding out each word and reading ever so slowly. And when I speak, its just as bad. There's a bit of embarrassment as well as I feel my classmates know much more than I do. Its also something to get use to as we have homework due each week and of course, if I really want to learn it I have to study!

But I'll get there. Maybe at some point I can blog in french! Au revoir!