Now, as you probably noticed, this blog post has a title. You may be thinking that I have an answer to the question posed in the aforementioned title, but sadly, I do not. In fact, this was the exact question that I asked the woman I will be staying with in France less than two weeks ago. Her reply was, "I don't know.... funny French clothes, mostly."
Based on this information, I'm having trouble deciding what to pack. If I want to fit in with all the cool kids in France, it appears I'm shit out of luck, for I do not own A SINGLE item of funny French clothing except for the beret my mother gave me last year! Dammit!
Without any attempt to connect my thoughts, I'd like to explain why, in the description of this blog, I only mentioned France as opposed to all four of the countries I hope to visit. Primarily, I love France. I've been there twice. Loved it. I took French for over four years in high school, despite the fact I live in New Mexico, where a large percentage of the population speaks Spanish. It's always been a dream of mine to return to France and put my knowledge of the language to use. Additionally, my home base while I'm in Europe is a small town in the southern part of the country called Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, where my mother's good friend, Christine, lives, making France the main focus of my journey over seas.
But!!! I hope to be able to take advantage of the transportation systems in Europe and make my way over to Switzerland, down to Barcelona, and up to London while I'm abroad.
Meanwhile, I'm still in Santa Fe, and the amount of laundry and packing I'm planning on doing tomorrow is daunting. So, I'll sign off, now. But first, here's a picture of my dogs, Georges and Jack. I'm gonna miss these critters.
