Day 15 into my new job comes an email from my boss looking for volunteers for a 7km women run inside Paris. I hate running, I really do, like really. It started when I was 6 and I have been pretty consistent throughout the last 30ish years. No is not an answer. So I reply yes. Oops. Let's dig a bit You might wonder what it is like to hate running. It means that for each step you do, this inside voice tells you how boring, exhausting and useless it is and so to stop. It become

4 months into the french life : done ! I am in that phase where some of the french habits are fully back, some are in the process and some are just way too weird to be adopted again. Let's dig a bit Category 1 : transition done / back to normal Walking. Gone is the time where I was walking everywhere like the first month. Now I have a nice balance between riding the bus/tram/metro and walking. Pastries. I don't buy any single chocolate eclair anymore in fear of them being th