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Monday, June 02, 2003 Des Grandes et Des Petites Choses More thoughts on the differences between Paris and the US: size. Most things in Paris come in smaller sizes, from bathrooms to hotel rooms to portions. We're in a budget hotel; clean, but the rooms are the closet-sized: maybe three or four feet between the bed and the window and another three feet between the bed and the door, if that gives you any idea. No closets, just 18 inches of coat rack underneath the bunk bed. Portions: food is usually more expensive and comes in smaller portions, but most of it tastes better (bread and fruits especially). You can buy fruit from stands along the streets--actually, you buy most things from stores of that size since there aren't many supermarkets--and as far as we can tell, they pick the fruit when it's actually ripe instead of green. Yum. I was talking to a girl from Luxembourg at lunch today and she mentioned that everything in France seems large to her; an American has an entirely different experience. Today was also the first time I found someone who didn't like Paris: a Chinese business student. And I used to think you'd find mostly French people in Paris.... ^ Top | 9:43 AM | | | 
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