Random Fate

If everything went smoothly, my furnishings were packed and shipped yesterday, and I am now working to clean the apartment. Given how filthy it was when I moved in, I will be returning it in better condition than it was presented to me.

Somehow, I still expect a “discussion” because that seems to be the way of things here. Of course, it is the way of things in a lot of places in the US, too.

Here is the next photo. I am not posting these in the order that I took them but instead in the order I find most interesting.

I have mentioned before that I have yet to visit a city in Europe that does not have an Irish pub. This photo has little artistic value, but I find amusement that the most popular hang-out for many of the American expatriates is the Irish pub that is 200 yards from my apartment.

Why go to an Irish pub when you live in France? I went to a French bar, and the girlfriends of my colleagues said jokingly they were glad that I wouldn’t be tempting their boyfriends with my Friday evening happy hours any more.

Apparently, the concept of a get-together to celebrate the end of a work-week was new to my colleagues here. I’m glad I could introduce them to an American way of celebrating being alive another week.

Tomorrow, a more “artistic” photo.

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