So my friend and I planned on coming here to study a few weeks ago but it never happened. Today, when I woke up to the sounds of the season (in French) and my awesome french family setting up Christmas decorations downstairs, I realized that no way in hell was I going to be able to get anything done at home. Instead I watched Love Actually and Four Christmases while putting up XMas lights and covering my walls in wrapping paper before getting my stuff together and heading out the door for the SciPo library. However, the library smells like BO and brain sweat, so I ended up finding this phenomenal slice of American-speaking heaven in the 5e arrondissement. If I could only explain how nice it is to be in a place with Americans and a Christmas tree and American cakes and bottomless coffee...I even had a conversation with a complete stranger.
All of this only serves to remind me how excited I am to be home for the holidays. As much as I love Paris and being immersed in another culture, Christmas is supposed to be spent at home with friends and family everywhere. I can't wait to go to the Strasbourg XMas markets next weekend, I can't wait to see the Parisian XMas markets either for that matter. But more than all of this glitz and glamour, I can't wait to be back in SDub with snow, swiss-miss, my fam, and a small Christmas tree decorated with homemade ornaments. Granted, if I wasn't coming back for second semseter, it would be horribly bittersweet to be going home for the holidays. But I'll be back in the city of lights soon enough. I'm going to be a wreck and a half when I have to leave Paris for good...eek. My little host sister is already like "Divya, why is you have to leave? Just move here forever"...Celeste, be careful what you wish for...
Also almost done with the onslaught of exams and papers. All thats left after tomorrow is 2 final exams in 2 weeks. Finally.
All of this only serves to remind me how excited I am to be home for the holidays. As much as I love Paris and being immersed in another culture, Christmas is supposed to be spent at home with friends and family everywhere. I can't wait to go to the Strasbourg XMas markets next weekend, I can't wait to see the Parisian XMas markets either for that matter. But more than all of this glitz and glamour, I can't wait to be back in SDub with snow, swiss-miss, my fam, and a small Christmas tree decorated with homemade ornaments. Granted, if I wasn't coming back for second semseter, it would be horribly bittersweet to be going home for the holidays. But I'll be back in the city of lights soon enough. I'm going to be a wreck and a half when I have to leave Paris for good...eek. My little host sister is already like "Divya, why is you have to leave? Just move here forever"...Celeste, be careful what you wish for...
Also almost done with the onslaught of exams and papers. All thats left after tomorrow is 2 final exams in 2 weeks. Finally.
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