Hangin' out. Like tying a scarf, the French have elevated hangin' out to an art form. I think it's in their genes. People here just hang out. Everywhere. All the time. Parks. Cafes. Squares. After two years here I still struggle with this concept since in Silicon Valley it is considered the eighth deadly sin and I am sadly engrained with that insane need to work constantly. The thought of simply taking a book to a park to read for a few hours is the last thing that comes to mind on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Luckily I have friends that have never come within 1000 miles of San Francisco nor a hi-tech company and they are much better at this hanging out thing than I am. Today it was a picnic at Champs de Mars, the park in front of the Eiffel Tower, and last week it was just hanging out in the Jardin de Luxembourg. Click here to hang out, Parisian style...
so sad i had to push my trip to paris back to september... totally swamped with work, still broke after my trip to US, sigh...
Posted by: Lil | Monday, 26 June 2006 at 10:31 AM