My French Connection

My good friend from the rugby team in Switzerland came to me a few weeks ago and asked me if i wanted to go to Paris, i said of course and he found me a place to stay with a friend of his that lives and studies in Paris. I was emersed in culture, history, art and much more. I had 4 great friends that showed me the city with great knowledge of its inner workings and history. I saw priceless works of art from Van Gough and Monet, the wonder that is the Eifel Tower, the Arc de Triumph, and countless other priceless and beautiful pieces of art and history. This city is is a beehive of activity and movement, similar to New York with its tourists and busy nature. The friends that showed me the city were two friends from the rugby team and their girlfriends so i was playing the role of the fifth wheel pretty well which they didnt seem to mind and were quite willing to have me tag along. I walked the city for five to ten hours a day and loved every second of it. seeing the shops with things too expensive to buy, the cafè's too expensive to eat in, and the sights too expensive to experience i found it all very charming and didnt mind one bit not having the money. This trip has taught me that there are things better in life than what can be bought with money and that I cannot live for work but rather work to live so that i can experience life to the fullest and take in all of its wonders, because without life, life is not worth living. I worry sometimes what i will do when i get home but then i see the friends ive made here and remember my friends at home, I dont worry anymore because i know that i will never want for anything as long as my friends and family are at my side. One thing i have thought of alot in Paris is what i value and what i will take from this experience, ive decided that i have a passion for passion. what better place to come to this realization than in Paris, the city of love. I thought of my friends and family and what i see in them that attracts me and i came to see that they all have one thing in common, Passion. Passion for life, work, sport, learning, and countless other facets of living. If anyone knows me they know that i am a passionate person and live with happiness and excitement. sure there are parts of life that are less than desireable but as the saying goes, 'this to shall pass'. I am a firm believer in the power of a smile and I think that others pull energy and happiness from the energy and happiness of a smile so even when things get hard or are not so fun I always try to smile so that others can see in me that there will always be better times ahead and more smiles to come.

Brussles on Sunday...

Hopefully more break throughs and a few more beers