I'm Back!

Hi PNN, did you miss me? 

I'm sorry for the long silence with no explanation, but I went off to Paris for five days with my parents before work starts (whenever work starts, but that's another post for another day).  

I had a glorious time, simply being in Paris - it's my favorite place on Earth and I've had the inordinate good fortune to have been making trips there nearly my entire life.  After a five month study abroad program (which is where I made the acquaintance of our very own Philosophy, and let me tell you folks, she really is that cool in real life), I've now done all the touristy things, and so am free to wander about Paris. 

And how I do love it.  There's something magical about that city that seeps into you and takes a hold of your imagination as you roam streets that Roman soldiers once walked, as you take in the sights and sounds of just being in Paris.  I could meander for hours on Paris streets, confident in the knowledge that my Paris Pratique map book will get me unlost should I feel the need to be, and it's marvelous.  

I walked, I ate, I shopped for work clothes at H&M (sadly lacking in my neck of the woods), I walked some more, and just generally had a wonderfully relaxing break.  It was over all too soon, but I know I'll find my way back sooner or later.   For now though, I'm refreshed, relaxed, and full of new post ideas, so keep watching and reading!