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Friday, June 12, 2009
Penultimo

My rented "fahrrad"--just 6 euros a day

I have finally booked my ticket to Paris, departing from Berlin tomorrow afternoon and getting into Paris at 6:30pm.

Unlike the comfort I have been able to experience here in Germany with my peck-Deutsch, I speak no French. More than that though, I have never been to Paris before, I know almost nothing about it, and I have more or less no idea what I will do there over the 18 hours I have before I must get to De Gaulle Airport on Sunday to fly home to New York. However, in yet another stroke of good luck, a friend of a friend who lives there is going to be out of town but has offered me the option of crashing in her apartment for the night, which is rad because apparently she lives in the heart of the city. I have more or less decided to forgo sleep for the evening and just make my way through the city, but i'm happy to have somewhere to stash my bags while I wander. If anyone has any suggestions for me (particularly of the non-standard, visual variety), I would be all ears.

I have a feeling that I am going to be a tired man when I get home on Sunday, and for the week to follow. I am one of those people who usually comes off vacations more exhausted than I was before I started, because I feel less inclined to sleep and more inclined to maximize my awakeness/new experience enjoyment factor. This trip has been no different.

I guess, most importantly, I feel like i'm ready now finally to close the book on one phase of my life and begin moving onto another. I skipped my college reunion last month, but i'm definitely feeling a "five years out" thing right now where the life I've had over the past five years seems to have run its course and now it's time for me to begin transitioning--I emphasize "transition" rather than "change everything, absolutely, now!"--into where I need to go next. The nice thing is that I don't feel like I've had a five year block of one thing and now it's time for a five year block of another thing--this transition into "phase two" began slowly and naturally about eighteen months ago, and I'm sure will continue slowly and naturally over the next eighteen months. The only difference is my implication that a few specific things in my life that may change--my job and where i'm living, mainly--are the kinds of things that may produce over-night results in the "whoa, it's all different!" factor.

Anyway, it's all sorta bullshit until things start happening, but I guess I feel like they already are.

I'm going to go out now for another bike ride and enjoy my last 30 hours in Berlin.

Labels: BEAUMONT, fucktactics, late arrivals, travel

posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 6/12/2009 02:54:00 AM 0 comments

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