one month in

This month has changed everything.



I don't know what I will do in the future.



I don't feel pressured to come up with some wonderful plan for success either. Right now... in this very short period of my life... I just want to live. When i come back there will be bills to pay and career plans to make. And I'm not really in a hurry to do that.



Why is everyone so concerned about the future, Its not like any of us can control it. So why do we pretend we can?



I guess the problem with planning for the future is that you make expectations. But I've learned this month that as soon as I stop making expectations - something really awesome seems to happen. And when I expect something really awesome to happen, it might still happen... but its so much better to be surprised.



For example. I went to Paris on Saturday, to see the city hall and was completly taken back by how grand it was. Steph and I had no real plans... so we had some indian food... then decided to go on a quest for maccaroons. We ran into a poster that read "Chopin" and decided we should take a short break from our quest.



This concert ended up being perhaps the best piano concert I've ever been to. The music was so good. Magical actually; To listen to Chopin, Brahms and Debussy in this beautiful little church in le Quartier Latin- With an audience of 15 or 20 people. The young guy was truly creating music, and the music was very much alive. I don't think i've ever felt so inspired after leaving a church.



So after that, steph and I continued our maccaroon quest. but to no avail. but instead we found a festival down by the river, serving free tastings of wine and armagnac and live samba (i think) music. We then decided to buy some wine, armagnac, cheese and baguette- and have ourselves a little picnic by the river.



Then after talking about love and life by the river, two guy passed by and said "bon soir" steph and i said "bon soir" and then they ended up joining our "picnic". They were new to the city as well, but were from France. Three girls that they new ended up joining us and we enjoyed the rest of the night with a group of very interesting people from Germany, France and Canada. It was awesome.



Oh and when we did finally find some maccaroons, they were dry and gross.



like eating chalk with some glue.