I am at the airport in Paris, waiting for my flight to Biarritz. I got to the airport too early, probably, but it is worth not having to run around like a crazy person in an airport I don't know.
Overall, I had a great time in Paris. The city is great for wandering (which I did yesterday morning by myself and most evenings with my friends). Going back to San Sebastian is sort of bittersweet. I am mostly happy to be going back to my apartment with my bed (sleeping on a couch for 5 nights didn't make my body too happy) and to be cooking for myself (or at least eating pintxos). I'm also feeling reinvigorated for work and am ready to be back in the office tomorrow. I'm also sort of sad though because I'm going "home" but home isn't Chicago, which is where I usually get to go after a conference. It is sort of weird and lonely to go from traveling for a conference to being "home" by myself.
The good thing is I am moving into a time where I will get to see Pete more over the next 3-4 months than I have in the previous 5 or so months. He will be in Spain three weeks from Thursday. Then after he leaves, I will be home (and with him in seattle) less than a month after that. Then it's about 6 weeks til Christmas. So it's all much, much more manageable than the most recent huge break between my trip in July and his upcoming trip here.
I'm still working on not wishing away the time I had here. Upon my return today, I am kicking my Spanish into high gear with several hours of Spanish classes per week and the start of an intercambio or two (where I practice Spanish and English with a native Spanish speaker). Work is also kicking into high gear as subjects start returning for our experiments next week! Very exciting! More when I'm back in Spain!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
No comments:
Post a Comment