The Year Elsewhere

In an interesting twist of fate, I am meeting more French students than I’d ever hoped to. A spectacular facet that we’ve discovered: many of them don’t like France or French people (ESPECIALLY Parisians). They say they’re too cold and impervious to life.

"Live!" as Nicolas so graciously shouted it while rattling an imaginary Parisian shopkeeper in his hands. And as Jean-Mari so bluntly said, “I hate French people,” complete with a flat voice and dull expression.

So Ireland is full of enlightenments.