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Day started out like normal - up early to finish my homework in the cafe. I had a great sense of calm this morning, like I was finally getting into some kind of routine. Spanish class went a lot better. I just sort of started talking a lot more, and you just really have to get over what other people are thinking or how many mistakes you're making. I think that's really the key.
Jen and I realized that this weekend is one of the only ones that we could go away for about a month, so we just got tickets to Paris on a bit of a whim. I'm so excited. I can't wait to just practice my French and hear French. I love it. There's a very big part of me that wishes I had stuck with French. I think I would be seriously good by now. But, there's many years to do that.
It's a good weekend to go too because three of my roommates are having guests and it's going to be crazy here. So, yeah, just me and Jen - we wanted more people to come but nobody was quite up for it on such short notice. We'll have a great time though, and this way it won't be too complicated trying to make a bunch of people happy. We're leaving early Friday morning and getting back Monday afternoon just in time for my last class... it's going to be a very long weekend!! But, hey, we're in Europe.
On a bit of a sidenote, I had this feeling today that traveling just feels so right to me. I have never been able to just stay in one place for too long... I get bored with people, places, jobs, et cetera very quickly and I love this feeling of being so far away and being surrounded with so much I don't know and have never seen. I feel so comfortable being uncomfortable - if that makes sense. For some people, I think this experience will be a one-time thing that they look back on from time-to-time, but for me it feels like a natural next step in a journey that will continue for a very long time. I don't have a sense of "getting it out of my system," it's more like, "okay, what next?"
Jen and I realized that this weekend is one of the only ones that we could go away for about a month, so we just got tickets to Paris on a bit of a whim. I'm so excited. I can't wait to just practice my French and hear French. I love it. There's a very big part of me that wishes I had stuck with French. I think I would be seriously good by now. But, there's many years to do that.
It's a good weekend to go too because three of my roommates are having guests and it's going to be crazy here. So, yeah, just me and Jen - we wanted more people to come but nobody was quite up for it on such short notice. We'll have a great time though, and this way it won't be too complicated trying to make a bunch of people happy. We're leaving early Friday morning and getting back Monday afternoon just in time for my last class... it's going to be a very long weekend!! But, hey, we're in Europe.
On a bit of a sidenote, I had this feeling today that traveling just feels so right to me. I have never been able to just stay in one place for too long... I get bored with people, places, jobs, et cetera very quickly and I love this feeling of being so far away and being surrounded with so much I don't know and have never seen. I feel so comfortable being uncomfortable - if that makes sense. For some people, I think this experience will be a one-time thing that they look back on from time-to-time, but for me it feels like a natural next step in a journey that will continue for a very long time. I don't have a sense of "getting it out of my system," it's more like, "okay, what next?"
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