My darling husband whisked me away to Paris
this past weekend to celebrate my birthday. It was my third time in the city
though the last time was eleven years ago. Its funny how different my life
changed between each visit.
My first time was in 2001. My mother and I
combined our tax returns and bought ourselves one week staying near the Opera.
It was a couple of years after my dad died and I just graduated from junior
college and had yet to receive my acceptance into Syracuse. I was very unsure
of my future and myself and it was pretty scary. My mom and I were just
beginning to travel and it was so incredibly exciting to be in Paris.
My second trip was in 2003 towards the end
of my semester abroad in London. I went by myself during our November break and
met up with my girl Jess and two other girls from my photo class and we stayed
in a hostel in Montmartre. This time I was more confident about myself and I
was having the time of my life. I remember sitting on the banks of the Seine at
night smoking and thinking, “this is the life.”
This photo was taken during this trip, as I
seem to remember my photo teacher giving us a challenge to take a “different”
kind of photo of the Eiffel Tower. My husband cannot look at it though because
it makes him nauseous. I still think its one of my favorite photos from that
time.
This time I am a very happily married woman
was a steady job in England. I am probably the most confident now than I ever
was in my early 20’s. I will put together a post of my photos from the trip
soon.
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