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Nice Will Get A Second Chance

3/15/2018

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Because Paris gave us three solid months of gray skies with alternating rain and snow, we headed south during Kid 3’s winter break. The South of France is warm and sunny, as everybody knows. When I booked the train tickets, weather reports said Nice would be about ten degrees celsius warmer than Paris, so that seemed like a reasonable place to go in February. We had also considered Rome, but decided to stay closer to home for this short trip.

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Codependent No More! Your Move, Paris

3/10/2018

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I was so proud of myself. I had figured out how to live in Paris and be treated humanely, talking to the locals and getting pretty good customer service. French classes were going well. Clerks and waiters had begun addressing me in French instead of English, which means I no longer look like a tourist, and I blended in with the other Parisien ladies with my dark colors and my lofty RBF. I hadn’t been given the stink-eye in months. It took some work on my part, but Paris and I were getting along swimmingly.

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Your Second Trip to Paris

3/1/2018

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​I know what you did on your first trip to Paris, because it’s what we all did. You saw the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. You took the Bateau Mouche boat trip on the Seine or spent a day on a hop-on-hop-off bus tour. You took a day trip to Versailles. You strolled along the Champs-Elysee and ate crepes and got a little lost in the Marais. You ate at reliable restaurants where they handed you an English menu. Customer service was tolerable.

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