Paris, Paris...

So, here I am in Paris...
Yes, you read it right, I'm in Paris, France; The city of lights, romance, fashion and whatever else they came up with...

But wait a second, the last time I wrote I was mumbling about how the world has more billionaires now and us getting peanuts, now all of a sudden, I'm in Paris??! How did that happen?
Well, let me do a quick rewind then fast forward through the weekend.

Saturday was my birthday, yeah no big post about that this year, phone line is screwed at home, so no connection, so of course no post, plus I'm not sure I'd have posted about it anyway, I mean enough about that already. So, birthday; small gathering at our place with Eman's parents and mine; gifts were mostly clothes.
Note to self: This is certainly a good solution to get rid of shopping, I have to either have more birthdays or more people at my birthdays.

Sunday: I woke up early, well relatively early for a weekend, got myself ready and headed to the airport in time for my flight to Paris.
I had a bad experience at the airport that I'd rather not get into now, but I made it to Paris in the end, where I'll be spending two weeks training for my new job. So no, it's no tourism travel, but I'll be trying to wander around a bit and take some photos after work and on weekends.

I haven't been to Paris for such a long time; last time I was like 10 years old or something, so yeah very long time.
This time I'm all alone, staying in a small studio the company rented in Barbès. The studio is really nice, as for the neighbourhood, you'd have a hard time trying to convince yourself you're in France, Europe; It's basically a neighbourhood copy/pasted directly from North Africa with it's people and all.
In fact a nearby Virgin Megastore looks so out of place I thought I was daydreaming it into reality, and had to blink twice before I believed it.

I madly miss my wife; everything seems so tasteless and meaningless without her by my side, which brings me to a very important conclusion: No matter where you go or what you do in life, it doesn't mean a thing, as long as you don't have somebody you love there with you to share it with.

Today has been mainly at work, just like most of my days here will be, but I'll be trying to re-discover Paris as an adult and do some sight-seeing whenever I can.

And yes I already did eat at one of the fast food franchises we don't have in Tunisia. I looked around until I found a McDonald's in front of the "Gare du Nord" yesterday and had a Filet-O-Fish. I'd usually go for their simple but delicious Cheese Burger, but being in a non-Muslim country, that's not really possible.
Today I'll look farther for a Burger King or maybe I'll try out Quick, a French fast food chain.

I think I'll also stop by Virgin Megastore and check out some CDs and DVDs and maybe get something to ease my loneliness.

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