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  Suzy got her first Paris haircut ... from a woman who doesn't speak a lick o English. She dove into my hair with her scissors flying. Uhhh... If we measure in weight of hair chopped off, I definitely got my money's worth. Thank the Goddess we have plenty of Aveda with us, I think I'm gonna be using it. Living in Paris main page

Suzy and Sarah have found religion in the form of French religious holidays. A French holiday called Assumption Day snuck up on us, I didn't even know I had a 3 day weekend until Friday night when a friend told me. It was a nice surprise. We had a blast of a weekend. We started with Champagne with two friends from the UK that live in the building, then they took us to dinner at one of their favorite places. It was great! I had scallops with a different risotto. It was almost like barley with a thick cream, it was extremely delish! Sarah and I also tried Pastis (anise flavored drink). It was interesting, I'll probably have it again. Saturday we rushed to Darty and bought a TV and DVD player. The language barrier just keeps slapping us down when we get off the beaten tourist path. Everything is a struggle, but it is all so interesting because it is different than the US. After Darty, we caught the train to Giverny to go see Monet's Gardens. I won't mention the fact that S...

After two weeks in a Paris hotel, I left for Houston, and Sarah moved into the bare but beautiful Paris  apartement. Our air shipment hadn't arrived so Sarah was roughing it on a camping mattress, and towels stolen from the hotel . In Houston I had to once again...you guessed it.... Visit the French Consulate. My third visit there, they now recognize me. I had to pick up my long awaited Visa that goes with my work permit.  The clouds parted, the divine light shone down, ....and they couldn't find my friggin Visa. They hunted through stack after stack of papers. "Are you sure it was sent here?" *Finally* they found it, and of course made me come back later that afternoon. Sigh.... Well, Suzy also got caught up on some shopping while she was there, things are much cheaper in the US than in Paris. She escaped the Houston heat without melting, and headed back to Paris, where summer weather is much more reasonable. Living in Paris main page

A rough week, we almost ended up begging for Euros on rue de Rivoli. Well, not really. But it was weird. My PIN for my Austin debit card stopped working, and the bank couldn't figure out why. We didn't have our $$ here yet for our moving and living expenses, so no euros in the Paris bank. Two different Visa cards had the "call Visa" red flag go up because we were buying things on them at appliance stores in a foreign country. It was really weird. Finally my $$ showed up in Paris, and the Austin bank figured out that the new computer system screwed up all cash withdrawals in Europe. And the Visa people are now happy (I had forgotten to tell them we were moving to France). D'oh! Living in Paris main page