My Paris Story
When I was in the 8th grade, I had the serendipity to be invited to join my school’s journalism class on a field trip to Paris. Oddly enough, at the time I had zero interest in journalism, although you could say that, after a fashion, it is my current pastime. If you consider blogging journalism.
Myself and one other student, I believe, were selected to go with on the basis of space available, good grades, and good behavior. Never having been to Paris, I considered it a great opportunity for some sight-seeing. The trip was in April. Paris is south. South = hot. Sadly, that was my thought process as I proceeded to pack and prepare.
Currently I have my MSN weather set to show Paris as one of my cities (since I’m supposed to be working on outfit ideas for Susan in Texas, who is visiting Paris in September). It may be 93 degrees here in Spokane, but it’s 55 degrees in Paris now (not even 10 degrees warmer than it is in Johannesburg, where it’s winter and they just had the first snow since 1981).
So, yes, at age 13 I showed up in Paris, in April, without a coat. It rained the entire time. Expect it to be much drier in September.
oops, somehow a link to my site is “msn weather”?
He hee. Post that’s supposed to have that link is scheduled for another day.
Thanks tricia!
I stalk the weather in places I’m travelling to as vigilantly as I stalk monarchs.
For two months before going I had the Weather Channel’s Phoenix site up. Now I’m focussing on Madison …
Teh interweb, it’s so much easier than going to the library to look up foreign newspapers (as I did before trips to France and Venezuela in the 80’s).
I agree. This is so easy. And it kinda encourages a person to think globally.
Perhaps if I ever get to where no one in my family is planning to travel, I will set it for Ottawa.