Paris... did you miss me?
February 2012 will always be to me the month that my life took a little break. I was not really well enough to do much at all except plough through the BBCiplayer, Youtube, and watchseries archives. The great thing about being ill however, is that when you are better, you really appreciate your health.
Coming back into my old environment has been so bizarre, so heres the big secret about Erasmus, its REALLY SHORT. Doing a year abroad from university means that you leave the friends you have made and the life have built in your uni city early, leaving it to carry on behind you. But then you come here, build a new life, new friends, new habits, then after a semester, I would say a good 50% of people up and leave! This throws you a bit, then when you add into the mix all the new people are settled in, and think you are new, the whole thing becomes very confusing. However, having said that, I would really like to thank everyone who was so happy to see me back, i really felt valued by some people I had only known a few weeks which was great :)
My first day in Paris, I went up the Montparnasse tower, something I have wanted to do for a while. It contains the fastest lift in Europe, 16m/s!! Ridiculous! You could feel the G's, i stifled a slight 'oooerrr' expression as it accelerated. However, possibly the best 3 euros I have ever spent, was up there for sunset, and was an unbelievable welcome back from my adopted city. Absolutely stunning <3
I also lost against a Russian in a game of chess, but I do not feel there is any shame in that...
Other than that, I've been working pretty hard, went to the flix with English lot and saw the Cartier advert (there was some film on too, Project X but I swear the advert was longer). As I have kept saying, catching up on 5 weeks work and working on a dissertation takes a bit of time!! Also did one of the top tourist attractions in Paris.... going down the sewers. I thought it would be an old sewer or something. But no, full on, working sewer mixed with bizarre demonstrations of cleaning techniques. Interesting? I dunno. Smelly? Definitely.
This blog is mainly in jest, but as a young person one can feel invincible. However, being tested and scanned for potentially life threatening conditions was certainly a reminder about the nature of life. In a non-morbid, positive type way, I started a photo blog, hoping that I would find something good in every day to document, something worth living for every day that I spend on this earth. I'm going to try and do it for a year, please check it out I'm about 3 weeks in and really enjoying it :)
http://willmcstayonephotoaday.tumblr.com
Anyway, better get back to the old Year abroad research project, taking the weekend off it to see the ol' gang in Angers (Barch, J-dog, Dad and disaster) Shoud be sicko!
All the best
Happy to be back France, cant believe theres only 8 weeks left now!
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