You know how I’m always seeking out new and interesting experiences? Well last weekend I went drift racing. One of my coworkers, Miki, is extremely into cars. He has a Limited Edition Impreza (one of […]
The following is not actually a single narrative of one continuous evening, but a composite of many. It’s written as a representative summary of my average night out in Kyoto. Nothing is exaggerated. It’s Saturday […]
How many of you have heard the name “Transdniestr?” Not too many, I’m guessing. Transdniester – also known as Pridnestrovie in Russian – is a small rogue nation occupying a narrow strip of land along […]
On December 20th of 2006, I received an e-mail from my dad. It contained this Powerpoint file. The forwarding messages all included such phrases as: “I CANT EVEN LOOK AT THE PICTURES WITHOUT GETTING DIZZY!!” […]
“They are an intriguing people. From the moment they wake, they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue. I have never seen such discipline.” -The Last Samurai. Seeing that fantastic archery demonstration the […]
OK, so as it turned out a 3 hour delay wasn’t the end of the story – in fact my flight departed six hours late, so I got to spend the whole day waiting and in transit.
Ah well, at least I made it. I am officially in Budapest.
It could not feel more different from Paris.
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Wow, that was a close one!
I woke up at 5am to make it to my 8am flight from Paris to Budapest. Plenty of time, right? I sure thought so. Until I got to Gard d’Nord station, where I had to transfer from the metro to an RER train to take me the rest of the way to the airport just outside the city. Somehow none of the ticket windows were opened, the automated ticket machines accepted coins only, and there were no change machines anywhere to be found! I spent literally half an hour running around that retarded place trying to buy a simple train ticket before I ended up having to get in a long line on the complete opposite end of the station just to break a 10 euro note.
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Apparently the Louvre is one of those museums so enormous that trying to see even half of it would take months of full-time viewing – like the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The second you see the Louvre’s exterior you know this to be true. It’s absolutely gargantuan. Impossibly so. And even though I don’t really have a personal interest in art, going to Paris and skipping the Louvre would be like…I dunno…leaving without a visit to the Eiffel Tower. It just has to be done.
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According to Aurelien, Paris has a huge house party culture. That’s awesome, and a bit surprising as I was under the impression that house parties were a pretty distinctly American custom; they barely even exist in Japan, China, and Korea, and from what I understand are pretty rare in Norway and Israel as well. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve been anywhere where house parties were even close to as popular as bars or clubs. But apparently in Paris one’s social status can be pretty clearly gauged by how often they’re invited to parties, to the point that many expats tend not to like it here because it’s relatively tough to work your way in.
This information made me feel even luckier for having been invited to one within 20 minutes of entering the country 😀
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