Paris!

Well, the trip didn't really require an exclaimation point... I was there for less than 24 hours, but once I knew that I COULD see a Peter Brook production I had to do it. So I bought a ticket on a website in French, still, credit card number is universal, booked a ticket on the chunnel train, got a hostel room and went the next afternoon. The play was amazing- I understood none of the dialouge, but the the pacing, the movement, the way actors used their bodies in sync with their voices, the lack of set... everything was perfect, Brook is a genius. That is what I aspire to, only in English.

The rest of Paris was... well, I wasn't there long enough to make a full judgement, some things I liked, others I didn't. I 've never spent so much on water in my life, but chocolate and a crossiant makes the most perfect breakfast and the city is beautiful- as long as you always look ten feet up and higher. Yet, the metro is a much more efficiant system than the london underground and the streets are better laid out.

All considered, I was happy to be back in London, though the four hours of walking I did today in Paris has taken it's toll. It's only 9:30 here and I'm ready to crawl into bed.