Saturday, April 28, 2007

Bittersweet Goodbye

Je suis tombée amoureuse de toi, Paris. Je te promet de ne pas rester trop longtemps loin de toi. Je reviendrai bientôt.

I fell in love with Paris. Leaving proved difficult. It took me 14 years to summon up the courage to come and when I finally did, I only stayed for 6 days. How sad. My only consolation was the thought of seeing Spain again.

L'aéroport Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle
(Charles de Gaulle International Airport)


On board an Iberia Airlines flight bound for Madrid, my heart felt heavy with despair as I took a final look at Paris from 30,000 feet above it. I was homesick for France already...<*sigh*>...and I don't even live there!

Au revoir, Paris!


On February 8, 2007 I returned to Madrid after spending 6 days in France. I would spend the next 5 days in Spain before returning to the US. I had already done what I set out to do, seen the things I wanted to see. It was time for some spontaneous fun!


Madrid-Barajas International Airport

Inside the newly-built Terminal 4

Looks like I landed in Mactan!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

see you soon in Paris... I hope. ;o)