Going home....
Hooray!! I'll be on my way home in less than 4 hours, even though it means driving for three hours in France en route to Calais. I can't wait!!!It's been a little bit distressing though, having to pack up all my stuff. More so because Dave has been here for most of my packing time, and has been nagging me to pack, while he sits on his arse doing feck all but arguing with his mum. But the most distressing thing is that my room is now empty - absolutley, obliteratingly empty, and empty means lonely. Sounds silly but I'll miss my gorgeously big room with no one to share it with and all my own space.
Saying that though, Dave managed to break my shower the day he arrived, so it's probably best I leave before the flatmate starts nagging me.
Dave and I went for a meal last night, it was really nice, we went to a buffalo grill, which apparently you can't get in the UK, despite me thinking I've seen them somewhere before. Anyway, as we were waiting for our food (and me feeling smug for doing everything in French and Dave being proud of me for it, lol), Dave decided to look on the back of the placemat/menu sheet at the quiz and pictures put there for little kids. He wanted to see how much of it he could understand, so as we were both staring at it intently, trying to decipher a difficult lookin code, the waiter comes up with a packet of mini coloured pencils for us each so we can fill it in. Bless him, he must have known we were english.
We had a fairly nice weekend too. Dave and I went half way up the Eiffel tower, before getting bored of the queues and coming back down. We bought some nice souveniry things, I bought my mum a box of Lindt chocs in the shape of the Eiffel tower (a belated mother's day present, since my brother was useless and forgot to buy her the present we were giving her jointly), and also bought some pics and a poster for my new room, when I move in (another thing I'm looking forward to) We went back to the Sacre Coeur, was less harrassed than last time. Took some photos that were really nice as the sun was just going down. We were going to get a portrait of us drawn at the artist's square, but we were both a bit low on cash, and they were asking for 50euros each! So we said nah.
What else? Went to the Louvre, finally got to go on a bateau mouche (well actually it was a bateaubus, not quite the same, but oh well), walked through Tuileries again, possibly my fave part of Paris on nice days now, erm... ate lots of stuff. That's about it. Obviously didn't do the chicha and the shopping like the week before, but it was still good. Did however go to Clignancourt market with Dave, his mum, and Juliette, and saw some mini-chichas for about 20euros.... Interesting. But reasonably, how would I get it home???
Still have to buy my brother a birthday present before this weekend, Less than Jake gig tomorrow, much fun over the holidays.
posted by Kim @ 4/05/2006 09:25:00 am
2 Comments:
haha! dave broke the shower... dear me. I dunno why I find that so amusing but I do.
Curry.
heya, glad your back now!!! wana hear something crazy? I was at the less than jake gig too, where the guy proposed, where were you? we were upstairs on the balcony, wish i had known you were going, would've met up with you, oh well, looking forward to seeing everyone again!!!
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