For fear of sounding too naive and touristy (and just from plain earnestness), I asked Gracie to help me compile a list of complaints against la vie in La France on our way to Brussels (oops, we may have missed the train by thirty seconds and were in Gare du Nord at 6:30 am, which is not a good time or place to be, we soon discovered).
Things we miss about America (by Nina and Gracie)
- Red Robin fries and milkshakes and COOKED hamburger (this will be my first meal back in Provo)
- Friendliness
- English.
- FREE BATHROOMS EVERYWHERE
- Being laughed at for being funny or witty or cute. Not just at your own expense. All the time.
- Mexican food
- Italian food
- Busyness
- Stand up showers!
- Things open before 10 and after 5 and on Mondays
- Clean, thick towels (we have since discovered that this is merely an issue with our slightly crazy host mom, not the French as a whole. One time she dragged a giant chain through the dining room and we're not sure why. Also, all her towels are threadbare and smell of mildew and other things)
- Wearing shorts without causing an uncomfortable ruckus (in Provo, anyway)
- Laughing, smiling in public
- No pee (everywhere, always).
- Big things, like deodorant and Costco muffins (everything in France is mini except Big Gulp-sized generic cologne that looks and smells like urine and lemons)
- This place. The Pillar House. The girls and boys that make it the happiest place on earth.
Things we don't miss about America
being here:
2 comments:
That last photograph gave me goosebumps. You're a lucky lady, Anna!
Eventually, you will miss all of the things you think you do not like about France.
-Daniel
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