dans mon nouvel appartement

in my new apartment!

i have some organizing to do still but i lucked out!

my roommate is so sweet and i have been speaking french for the last two days. 

my head feels like jell-o but it is the best way for me to learn.

sometimes when i don't know a french word i fill it in with a german or spanish word????

i speak french with an american accent..and now i speak english with a french accent.

oh dear!

last night my roommate and i walked around the neighborhood and then stopped at a french cafe to have a plate of cold cuts and wine. my face feels puffy today but it was worth it.  ;)

i slept well last night because my new apartment is on the 7th floor... walk-up.

that's correct....7 floors!

and i thought my baguettes were tight before.

but this is exactly what i prayed for....a french, female roommate with poor english speaking skills. 

i feel very very very lucky.

here is the view from the front and back windows.

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amazing

and look how close au rêve (aka cheers) is now.

yesterday, after carrying two suitcases weighing 50 Kilos each, a computer bag with 3 hard drives, an extra monitor and a camera bag up 7 flights of stairs by myself, i went grocery shopping.

i came back up the stairs with my groceries only to realize my new key did not work. so i went to au reve and they happily put my frozen foods in their fridge and i enjoyed a glass of wine while waiting for my roommate to return from her mother's house with higgins.

he is very happy here also.

;)

now i will spend the rest of the afternoon trying to organize stage 2 of my new life in paris.

stay tuned.

i don't feel like capital letters today...

c'est la vie