Aglow and aglitter...

Hello and hello and hello,
Paris is frigid a la moment...the brilliant sunlight streaking across the sky is deceiving beyond measure, because upon stepping foot outside, all is polar ice. Swaddled in a plethora of scarves, toques, mittens and pajmenas, we continue to stomp the streets with energy and (hopefully) grace. Morale is not to be toyed with; it is ever and only up, up, blazingly up. The other night we tossed deliciously-cheap wine down our throats, sans glasses and straight out of the bottle, while gazing up at the Eiffel Tower, all afire with a shitstorm of dancing lights. It was gaudy beyond measure, but somehow still left us screeching with pleasure and wonder. Ohhhhhh, Paris je t'aime.
In other noteworthy happenings...
Yesterday, we were serenaded by a sweet, albeit hectic traveling band ON THE METRO. Considering the slender size of metro compartments, this is moderately crazy in terms of sights to lay eyes on. A few stops into our luxuriously long ride, three musicians leapt into the train, and launched straight into a ridiculously animated rendition some quirky French tune. Mental. Every born-and-bred Parisian, on their respective ways to the office or the market, either ignored this spectacle entirely, or looked disdainfully on. Our trio, however, met shining eyes across the narrow space. We were enchanted; others were irked. Our lips curved in smile; others closed their eyes in pointed indifference slash annoyance. It was an interesting moment. All at once, I felt a stark sense of belonging and affinity, but also of alien-esque separation. I was inside and outside of the experience all in one soft, slow series of breaths. It brought forth a reflective head space within me...the contrast of myself revelling in this haggardly charming music, while locals paid negative zero attention.
Okay. This computer continues to gobble up my precious Euros...so bittersweet...so I shall be taking wing before it robs me of my last pennies and leaves me in starvation tonight. Stay happy, stay well.
Rebecca