I am writing this email for two main reasons :
1. I have almost mastered using this kooky keyboard
2. When I got to work this morning I had no new emails (well, I had one� but one is not enough!!!�. Thus, I am going to get revenge by sending one (don�t ask me how my logic works).
Let�s see�.End of week 2. Still in Paris. Still struggling. But not as much.
The people here seem to be trying insanely hard so that I can understand them and I find that even if I don�t understand, nodding and smiling tends to get me out of most awkward situations. The thing that I find most humourous is that when people don�t understand what I am asking they just ignore me and pretend I didn�t say anything. Hahaha.
I got to go to an hilarious seminar day last friday (well everyone else seemed to find things genuinely funny� I couldn�t see the jokes). It was kind of like an day spent getting to know everyone in the company. Each department did a 20 minute presentation.
(I got to wear a snazzy pair of headphones and listen to a man translate the entire days proceedings into my ears � you would have thought he would have refrained from eating too?�. no� I also had loverly chewing noises on top of the unfunny jokes)
I�m just not sure whether French people have a different sense of humour or that it just wasn�t translated properly.
Ooh ooh�. I also had at least 2 people say �g�day� to me (I still don�t know how to react in those situations) and nearly broke my tooth on cake again.
Hmm�. Due to my ignorance of all things religious, I have no idea if this is celebrated in in Australia, however it seems that 2 weeks after christmas they celebrate epiphany (or something like that) whereby they eat cake. Inside this cake is a plastic toy and if you get the toy in your slice �you are the queen�. Now I think there is some sort of conspiracy against me�. I really don�t like having attention drawn to me and twice I have bitten into my slice of cake, almost broke several teeth and hence �became the queen� and got to wear a delightfully tacky paper crown.
Went into the city last week, got rained on, came back. The cheapest snow globe I saw was 4 euros (or as my trusy currency converter tells me 6.90726 AUD� ) now that�s a lot of cash. Tomorrow I will again venture into the city and see if I can see some more stuff� I may even pay to see something
*gasp* �. At least I don�t feel like the biggest tourist there� at least I don�t walk around with my camera hanging around my neck and a map in my hand�. I prefer to wander aimlessly, get lost and then take pictures of stray cats.
One last thing�. Looks like I might be moving into an appartment (cos its cheaper) so� this means that anyone who gets this email and is currently in the northern hemisphere must come and visit me.
I�ll let you know the address soon�.
Ooh and another last thing�. My beloved Datsun 180B has not passed rego this year� slightly rusty underneath�. If you know anyone (in the southern hemisphere) who�d love an orange datsun and wants to fix it up or pay me some cash and use it for spare parts� let me know!
That�s all for now. PCR�s await!
Xxx
Sal