"I brought you a scarf, Joanna, a real Paris scarf!"

(I think from now on every blog post will be titled with a quote from Sabrina)

Just checked flight status - Andrew's plane arrived on time! Yay!

In other news, I think I've found my favorite arrondisement (neighborhood) in Paris. I wandered around the 4th arrondisement after work yesterday. If you're looking at a map of Paris, it's just north of the Ile de St Louis - close to the center of Paris, but not really IN the center of Paris (at least not in the tourist-central center). It's as close as I've found to the quintessential Parisian experience thus far - narrow pedestrian cobblestone streets, lots of tiny specialty arts and clothes shops, plenty of bakeries and patisseries and tea houses. But the best part is ... they have thrift shops!! They're not like thrift shops in the States, to be sure. The stores are small and pretty cramped, the clothes are still upper-end (no discarded volunteer T-shirts or "World's Best Teacher" mugs), and they're still rather pricey. Even so, thanks to the "fripperies" in the 4th I now have two Parisian scarves, my first Parisian jacket, *and* a matching purse. I don't think they were originally a set, but they match almost perfectly. I have a matching jacket and purse. Like whoa.

Off to rendezvous with Andrew - our plan is to meet at noon in front of the Eiffel Tower. *Sigh*. Even if it is a bit cliche, it's still awfully romantic :-) Au revoir!