Sunday, April 25, 2010

What's France Like?


Upon returning from France for the first time, you must learn to answer one thing:

“What’s France like?”

Topping the list of frequently asked questions, it is of course the most difficult to answer. 

Thus, part of the reason for this blog is to give you an idea of the life here.  It is a long term solution.  An ongoing answer.

Paris is dense in experience.  Distilling the virtues and troubles into something coherent provides challenge.
 
Answering in one sentence feels unjust.  There is the city itself, but there is also the interaction.  No one is an island in their environment.  This experience for one reverses when told by another.  In the summation of the cacophony you have the answer.

And to further complicate affairs, the other side of the coin exists.  Most times life is conventional.  You eat, sleep, and breathe the same as you would in Wichita. 

At least if you do it differently, typically it is not for long.

So here exists information to synthesize.  Hopefully you find a good start.  And if you want to know more, the work is in progress.

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