About 2 weeks ago, AJ came home from school and let us know
that (finally) “Paris is as good as America.”
There were parts that were better (the playgrounds, the random merry go
rounds on many street corners, the ice cream, the scootering), there were parts
that were worse (mostly for her its just distance from family and close people)
and there were parts that were the same.
She has her new little posse of friends, all who will be coming to our
house next weekend for a Frozen-themed birthday party.
Pete is on his 4th week of a 6 week run at language
courses. He’s made some friends there,
seems to be speaking decent French (I wouldn’t know….) and really helps pass
the day in a meaningful way. We now have
our “carte de sejour” which means we are legally authorized to work, so he’s on
the job hunt, but things are a bit slow.
When you put aside that most people want someone with European experience
(due to nature of differing employment laws), you also have most job postings
specifying that 2 to 3 languages are ideal!
Crazy how everyone speaks 2-3 languages here and in America it is so
rare.
My job is a whirlwind.
The pace is fast, the learning curve is steep, and the whole organization
runs entirely more lean than the home office back in US. While it’s a bit exhausting right now, I think
it has more to do with it being a new job, than it being a new job in another
country. In hindsight, it’s also been a
few years since I had been truly intellectually challenged at work in a
meaningful way – so its good.
We are still on the go quite a bit on the weekends. We pass most Saturdays walking the streets of
new neighborhoods in Paris, trying out new restaurants, and occasionally new
parks. WE have discovered the Luxembourg
Gardens, a wonderful park in the 5th arrondiesmont. For a mere 5.70 Euro, the three of us can
spend hours in this park that has zip lines, climbing structures, spinning apparatus,
and all sorts of things in between. It also has clean bathrooms, a candy shop and
right outside you can buy reasonably priced sandwiches and coffee….what more
does a family need?!?
Getting serious at the scooter park in Parc Monceau
Its amazing that they charge 1.30 Euro for a 5 min ride on these swings at parcs all arunod paris but she seems to love it.
Luxembourg Gardens
Pete's not having a bad time at the playground
Pizza time! AJ looks so grown up here....
We stumbled across the eiffel tower on a sunday morning walk
Easter Sunday smiles
No comments:
Post a Comment