With me leaving in four days I've decided that writing down a few of my goals would be a good idea.
- To not be abducted and sold into sex slavery. (I've seen Taken and will probably avoid hostels for a while)
- To sit in a café by myself and just people watch.
- Be at least conversational in French by the end of all of this.
- Get some nice Parisian clothes.
- Have an actual meal at least once a week. (wonder what the local college students eat over there)
- Make at least one real French friend.
- Have at least a night or two of drunken clubbing (stumbling around the metro system afterwards trying to get home is expected)
- Be mistaken for a local at least once.
- Go bicycling around town at least once and not be hit by a little French car. Sidenote: biked round Amsterdam last year (which is suppose to be one of the most bike friendly places in the world) and only felt dread and impending death the whole time.
- Master the art of cheap wine shopping.
Okay so most of the things on this list aren’t that impressive and can probably be easily done (expect for number one, of course), but I figured that setting the bar too high will only lead to disappointment. Apparently there’s a hotline that’s specifically for people who have become disenchanted with Paris. This is me trying to avoid that.
Anyways, I guess I have to live my life for the next year and check back on this list in a June. God, I hope my dead body isn’t found in a gutter.
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