Entre Les Murs

Back Within the Walls

We have had a very pleasant Christmas holiday, despite the usual cold that goes around at this time of year.  Only Janet caught it this year, but it did slow down our social whirl a little.

Naturally we had a long list of things we wanted to do back home, including indulging in some things that we can't find in Paris, like good Mexican food and Boxing Day sales.  Acknowledging that the grass is always greener on the other side of the ocean, on our way home we tried to enumerate the things we had likewise missed about Paris during our absence.  It turned out to be a rather short list.  The bread, the cheese, and more generally food and wine; but nothing else sprang strongly to mind.  I guess we've been here so long we're starting to take the city of light for granted; or perhaps the holiday just wasn't long enough.

One thing that we will certainly miss when we move back home is the generous holidays offered by French employers.  Ironic, because that's the very thing that permitted us to leave France and spend Christmas with our family and friends.

posted 10.1.07