Winter is most definitely here. Today I went for a walk over near Bastille with Silvia's umbrella. The Bastille area was probably not the best choice of place to go for a walk today. Lots of rain. Plenty of blustery wind bursts, and a cold that kept reminding me to buy gloves and a thicker scarf.
The best way to describe the area where I was walking - with squelching shoes and periodically inside out umbrella - would be Brnswick in Melbourne. While the building's lining both sides of the roads are still defined with Haussmann's rules, down below at street level, the small cafes and shops are dotted with a very Brunswicky feel. Layed back, second hand furniture-furnished, good food and like Melbourne, the decent places here aren't easy to find.
So after a few hours wandering, just got back around 4pm and jotted down the view from my bedroom window. - Now, Where there was once a dense green wall of leaves when I moved in, then a thinning bright yellow and orange blur last week, is now just a lot of black trunks, with the last few determined leaves hanging on against the wind. While it starts getting dark at about 4:30, and is night time by 5:30, the weather is surprisingly not as depressing as I thought it would be, - even knowing that mid 20's and bright blue skies are happening back at home. The air is fresh, a well heated apartment is very much appreciated, and a steaming hot crepe oozing with liquid nutella on the way to school has never been so good!
