Lynn Schirmer

First of all, Je’taime Paris. Brand me a Francophile, I don’t care, but I can’t imagine any other city matching the people and the physical presence of Paris. I just can’t. I’m new to traveling I don’t know a good word for it, but I just felt at ease with the French and I did not want to leave.

The only snobbish people I saw were Americans, and they were over the top arrogant, demanding and dismissive. If some French people react to those attitudes with the same indifference, I can certainly understand. I think the myth of French attitude towards Americans comes from Americans who approach the French with arrogance and then don’t understand why their assumed position isn’t properly acknowledged. Hey, fellow citizens, if you’re going to do that, please stay home. You make us all look bad, and we’ve already had 8 years of you-know-who to make things bad enough.

I digress… I am here in Firenze which is nice enough. It’s still Europe, so there are scooters running by, buzzing like nuclear waste exposed flies, same sound as in France, but I miss Paris.

Here are some pics of my Firenze apartment. This one was a lot cheaper, in a very very old building. It’s fine, but obviously it’s not what I had in Paris.