Bonsoir!

So this will be short, and hopefully sweet. Tonight I cooked dinner for my host mother as a one day belated birthday gift. The kids and I made balsamic pan-seared scallops and an asparagus, goat cheese, and grape tomato salad. The scallops had a celery-cilantro sauce with lime wedges attached to them. For dinner we had the French equivalent of dark chocolate volcano cake. It was a really delicious meal and I am glad I go to enjoy it with them.

It is so weird for me to think that I have only 9 full days left in Paris. In some ways, that is good. It will be really nice to go back to the United States and enjoy modern conveniences because until yesterday I had never felt "in love" with Paris the way I had other places. But today, I simply decided to stop trying to fall in love with the place, and instead simply enjoy its surroundings, and I find myself truly enjoying it. I have days where I don't want to be anywhere else and days where I'd love to go home, but overall, this place has done wonders for me. I've met great people, made great friends, pushed myself, learned, and most of all, enjoyed. That should be, and to me is, all that could ever matter.

Au revoir,

M