The departure

 The departure

Here we are with the second post (do you call them “posts”?) of my blog. The “Blog au vin” as it is known to connaisseurs:

So the day has arrived. Ze German is heading to Paris. He still hasn't got anything figured out really. But hey, it's only Paris. How hard can it be?

Thanks to my widely spread out family I have a place to stay for a bit. I'm guessing I'll handle the apartment situation from there. But then there is this other thing: They want to know what I am actually gonna do over there. “They” being my university back in Germany, and “I” being the guy that really doesn't know what he’s gonna do. I can see a conflict rising!

Maybe if there was a halfway decent homepage showing me my options I could have at least given it some thought.

As I am writing this bit I'm on the last of my three trains: “Déstination – Paris Est”. For some reason my seat is in the quiet area which is quite ironic seeing as I spent the last two hours on a train with a bunch of football fans travelling to Frankfurt, who were about as loud as they were drunk. I fairly enjoy the alcohol myself, but at 9 o clock on a Sunday morning, really? I wonder how many of them actually made it to the game..?

Now as we are approaching the French border the smell of arrogance is getting stronger, but that might just be the stockbroker next to me acting all important multitasking his blackberry and I Pad at the same time. Pretty sure if he really was all that important he would not be travelling second class. But then again: We are in a crisis.

Finally in Paris! First impression: Paris might actually be the only city I know where you walk out of the station into a beautiful square without hookers and dealers; or at least as far as I have seen. But that little cigarette break was my only impression of the city itself for today. Another one hour metro ride to my uncles’ place and here I am, in a quiet little suburb. Not very bohemian at all. Gotta work on that…Starting tomorrow!

Greetings from the restless traveller.