Paris vu par moi

So, there is no denying it. I have found myself in somewhat of a funk for the last couple of weeks. It was bound to happen sooner or later and I guess with the weather being freezing and a certain chain of events, including the death of my beloved kitty back in Australia, I have felt flat and lacking enthusiasm for my life here in Paris.

My beautiful little man Bubba.. Now in kitty heaven,

With the reality of working in a transient industry and having many of my friends flying the coup to head back to their own parts of the world, I have been left to question my life here in Paris. Then in a moment when I had a chance to leave and maybe return home to Australia, I realised even if things were harder here in Paris, it is the only place I want to be. So, I dragged myself out of Funk Town and threw myself back into my new French life. After the somewhat disaster of French Internet Dating 2012, I decided that learning the language and French culture was going to be my new focus.

So, on a rainy Friday I headed into town and went to the Hotel de Ville exhibition - 'Paris vu par Hollywood.' After standing in a queue for almost 2hrs in the freezing cold rain, I finally found myself inside for the exhibition and suddenly all the troubles of the past couple of weeks melted away. I am such a hopeless romantic. I am pretty much the sucker that these big wigs in Hollywood write these movies for. Seeing images of Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly flood the screen I was instantly entranced and transported back in time. I stood there like a big dork with a grin on my face as movies such as 'Funny Face' and 'An american in Paris' flashed across the screen. I love all these old movies. Especially from the 40s - 60s and being able to walk around an exhibition and see original pages from movie scripts and costumes used on set, I was in my element. It was exactly what I needed and reminded me of the reason I moved here in the first place. It was movies like these that made me fall in love with Paris and to be able to watch snippets of them amongst others in the Town Hall of Paris was special. I truly am blessed to be living here. I am living my dream. I'm living the Hollywood dream.

When I was finally able to drag myself away from the exhibition, I went to a cafe and made a plan. Things were going to change. I have known I have needed to put myself out there more, but now it was time to put plans into actions. So what are these big plans?!

I re-signed up to Conversation Exchange and quickly organised 3 meetings for the following week. I also signed up for a couple of new groups on meetup.com to mingle with and rekindle interests I have let wane over the last few months. I also found a gig I really wanted to go to but didn't have anyone to go with. So I swallowed my pride, bought a ticket anyway and am going, by myself.

I am sure this latest mission to improve myself and have more experiences here in Paris will bring some interesting stories and I very much look forward to being able to share them here with all of you.

So here's to being in Paris, to new adventures and everything that comes with it.