Crossplanet

Home Sweet Home (2)!

2008-06-30T16:57:58+02:00

Yesterday was removal day (again!) and as usual everything went smooth, much easier than I thought. I'm so happy and so lucky to have such good friends to give a hand.

I spent my first night "at home", and I like it already! It reminds me of Lisbon. First because it's in Ménilmontant, a popular neighborhood, on top of the hill! Then because it's an old building, low ceilings, cats in the garden... I'll be happy there.

Keys of paradise

2008-06-27T17:07:47+02:00

It's hard to believe but I'm moving again! Yes I know, last time was only a month ago... and I had hardly finish to unpack when I finally find the right place for me. No temporary solution, no somebody else's place, but a real apartment, on my own, in a nice neighborhood too!

I signed the rent contract this morning and got the keys of MY home! It seems that after almost 4 years of urban nomadism, I'll be able to settle down and unpack for a while.

Those 4 years were a pretty good experience but it was about time to enter a new phase.

Sufi proverb (2)

2008-06-20T17:29:35+02:00

We do not walk on our legs, but on our will.

Sufi proverb

Summer on the way!

2008-06-18T19:42:50+02:00

Good news: I've got my ticket booked for Lisbon! I'll be flying on July 23 and stay there for 5 weeks. I'm so eager to be there, it feels like "going home".

No adventure planned for the summer, no fancy travels, however wonderful they may be. This year I just want to be with my friends, do nothing but spend hours on the beach with a good book and have nice dinners in good company.

Resumindo: praia, amigos e sardinhas!

Sufi proverb (1)

2008-06-20T17:29:47+02:00

A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey.

Sufi proverb

Detox

2008-06-09T17:29:09+02:00

It's been a week now that I live in an "internet-free" appartment and I must confess that I find it quite agreable to be disconnected. I don't spend so much time in front of the machine, I don't even have to switch it on first thing in the morning, I don't check my emails 20 times a day... and I survive!

I can still get a lousy connection from a non-secured network of a neighbour, and when I really need to get online, I simply take my laptop and go to the nearby park where I get a free wifi point. Cool!

Home sweet home

2008-06-07T16:24:57+02:00

A few days and some cardboxes later...

Each time I move I'm amazed... what does it take to make a "home"? It's been 4 years now that I unpack in different places that are not mine. And each time it only takes a few hours to make me feel at home. This time it's even different, since I know from the start that it's temporary, for a few weeks, more probably a few months. So I didn't really unpack and most of my stuff will be stored in the basement.

Each time less... am I going to the essential? A new step, a new phase, a new experience. And, thanks to my friend Kathy, probably the best place to be while searching a more stable solution.

Ready to go

2008-06-01T12:20:33+02:00

Moving again... the 18th removal of my adult life! I'm getting used and tired of it. The count is as follows:

- in Caen, France: 3 places in 3 years

- In New York, USA: 3 places in 2 years

- in Lisbon, Portugal: 7 places in 13 years

- in Paris, France: 5 places in 4 years

Am I a new kind of nomad ? Is it really me that create that wandering ? Time to settle down? Anyway today I'm happy with it.

Humor

2008-05-30T09:31:26+02:00

Humor is reason gone mad.

Groucho Marx

Carpe diem

2008-05-30T09:34:32+02:00

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx