a shonna in paris: day two

day 2 got a slow start... headed into town via metro (love the metro here!) to meet up with my friends sean and spencer in bastille. sasha just moved into's sean's place so it's super fun!! we had lunch at a super french cafe, relais du massif. the waitress spoke basically no english and we struggled ordering, but the french soup was yummy and it was very classic paris. we then walked to Cimetière du Père-Lachaise which is this beautiful cemetery in the middle of france. we took some silly pictures and talked a lot about how we want to be buried or cremated. i am super morbid and i forget this sometimes but hopefully i didn't scare off my new friends.

shonna + spencer

sean + shonna ILY



tuesday night a bunch of us had planned to go see CHVRCHES... ahhh.... so good! the venue was so cool and it was amazing to be dancing with coworkers/friends just having fun and enjoying the dancy music. right before the show i got a baby bottle from a grocery shop and filled it with wine because i remembered sasha told me this was a thing in paris. sure enough, people were super jealous. 

after the show some of us went to a small french bar, danced and somehow this man found me and really wanted to take this picture. shane and i left to find pom frites with mayo and ketchup and stumbled across the moulin rouge. the last time i was in paris was 9 years ago and it was surreal to see this since it was one of the strongest memories i had because in 2006 i ran up on this raised concrete thing in front of the 40 people on my euro tour and my dress flew up over my head and my underwear totally showed... at the time it was probably embarrassing but i will never forget that moment and it was so cool to be back and see that the raised concrete thing was just as i remembered it. the night was filled with good friends, happiness and a heart full of love. this city is magic. it's true.

 



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