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Maybe my exclusive and abundant consumption of cheese has made me sentimental, or maybe I'm just sad that I missed Beer Bike yesterday, but I've decided to break a promise that I made to myself when I started writing a blog: not to write a "What I miss about America" post. But it's April, and I only have (have only?) 6 weeks left in Paris. It has been magical, but here are some things that I'm looking forward to in the next month and a half:

-Bathrooms: Besides the weird non-showers (I feel like I haven't been really, thoroughly clean since I've arrived in France), one of the great things about being in the UK was remembering the glory of gender specific bathrooms, toilets that actually have seats, and copious amounts of WHITE toilet paper, none of this pink nonsense.

-Jogging: Yeah, I jog here, but I think I'm one in a team of maybe 10 (American) women that exercise in Paris. It feels really weird to live in a place where it's not socially normal to run, but billboards and TV ads often include people in the nude.

-Shiva, the Teahouse, Tacos-A-Go-Go, Istanbul Grill. Spiciness.

Here are some small things I'm really going to miss:

-Really cheap wine, available on every single corner

-Pain au chocolate and baguettes: they just don't get that flaky crust right in the US

Right in front of my door!

-Tulips and daffodils