Flat Hunting

Well I haven't updated this blog for a while so I will try to remember what has happened since last time. Shaun and Sonia stayed with me for a weekend which was great. We didn't really do anything particularily news worthy but it was lots of fun. We went out to dinner and walked around Paris. It was really great catch up.

Since then I don't think too much has been going on. The weather has been a bit colder but it is still quite nice. I had one final outdoors even before winter - drinks on one of the bridges over the Seine which was gorgeous as always, I will definately miss doing that over winter.

I meet a really friendly Aussie girl called VikiLee and we have been hanging out heaps. She lives not too far from me. We have been out a few times and I went to her place last night for dinner, and we went to a really nice bar on sunday afternoon and had cocktails. She has been living here for 4 years and is married to a really nice french guy.

On thursday night I went to see my first French Play. A friend of Vanessa's was acting in it, so we got free tickets. It was quite good, and although I didnt understand it all, I got enough of it to follow what was going on. Afterwards we had drinks with Vanessa's friend and a couple of others and we ended up talking heaps having a really great night. And it was the first time I have been out with a group of french people in a noisy bar and actually understood pretty much everything and was able to take part in the conversation without feeling too stupid. Then on friday night I went to a Party with Vanessa which was also really fun, and I ended up staying quite late.

Sandrine, the french girl who gave me some french lessons in sydney before I left, has just arrived back in Paris so I went to her place for dinner on sunday night. It was great to catch up with her as we got on really well in sydney.

At the moment I am looking for a new appartement. I always new that my flatmate would be moving out towards the end of the year but it was never decided exactly when, but I knew it was coming up. I am looking to share a flat again as it is quite difficult to get all the required paperwork together to actually rent a flat (and it is quite expensive to rent alone). So now I am in the middle of visiting appartements, scanning the internet for ads, sending emails, making phone calls and stuff like which is quite tiring. So far none of theplaces I have seen have been all that great but I have one to see tonight adn two tomorrow, so hopefully one of those will be OK.

Dad arrives on friday night and is staying for a week and my brother is arriving a few days later (just for a few days) I am really looking forward to seeing them both. So hopefully next time I write I will have lots of news about my week with dad and james, and a fab new appartement ...