Ciao!

An author I can't remember of a book I can't remember wrote that "a novel is like a dream in which everyone is you."
Here, I won't be writing a novel (since I'll be channeling my time into exploring this great city) but instead will give quick sketches of Florence in the words I find on my travels. From the Ponte Vecchio to the Duomo, I hope that you, too, will find in these sketches the stories of people and places who are both foreign and familiar to you at once. Because, like that unknown author said, writing lets us live the dream of the worlds we read. ~ Alyssa

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Au Revoir Italy!

I'm going to Paris today!!! By tonight, I'll be settling into one of the most beautiful, stylish, lively and romantic cities in the world. I can't wait. My roommates woke up around 5:30 this morning to get on a bus to Rome, so I'm just chilling in the apartment waiting around for the time when I can grab my packed backpack and hike over to the train station, and get this trip started! It'll be train to Pisa, plane to Orly airport outside Paris, bus into the city, cab to the apartment building where Nick and I will be staying with the Chancels, Mom's uncle Pierre and his wife Nicole. It will be quite the experience, as they speak no English and my French really needs a brush-up. I'm going to have to stop myself from saying "Si" and "Grazie" and "Ciao" which has been burned into my brain for weeks now. Back to "Oui" and "Merci." I think communicating won't be bad though, and their daughter Karine lives nearby and actually speaks English pretty well (I've been communicating with her about the travel and arrival plans). Got to go now! Must pack, prepare and wait wait wait until I can get going to Paris. I won't have internet access there I don't think, so y'all will have to just sit tight and be ready for lots of blogging when I get back! Love to all on this wonderful Valentine's Day!!
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