How would you feel? Lost, confused, probably a little ticked off. And the more you drove, the more you'd long to be back where driving was normal, where people respected you, where you knew what to do. And the more you longed to be back home, the lower your mood would get. And you'd be justified, right?
Well, until you realize that you're in the bumper cars at the amusement park and not in traffic at all. Fell pretty silly, huh?
Paris isn't the place to take yourself seriously. It isn't the place to try and drive better than everyone else. It's the place to crash headlong into the person in front of you, laughing all the while.
Paris is the place to walk around with a huge smile and leave others wondering what you're so happy about. It's the place to wear high heels with your T-shirt and jeans just because you can. It's the place to listen to Frank Sinatra and the Glenn Miller Orchestra with "Going Out In Style" by the Dropkick Murphys and "Good Life" by OneRepublic thrown in for good measure.
It's hard to see all the good in something when you aren't even looking in the right direction.
-Sophia
PS, In case that whole post was a little too vague for you, I pretty much realized that Paris has a reputation as a happy-go-lucky, romantic, magical city for a reason. And that last little bit about what Paris is for is what I did last night. And now I think that the city of lights is a pretty fantastic place to be on my birthday.
PPS, That would be today, my birthday. =)
PPS, That would be today, my birthday. =)
Sophia
ReplyDeleteDriving in Paris is for the mad, the foolish, the uncivilised or....
Parisians!
But then...
I repeat myself!
All the best
Keith
P.S. Have you tried that roundabout by the Arc de Triomphe yet? That;s a truly life-changing experience!