Our bags are packed
How odd that the last year of our life can be packed up in just a few suitcases and boxes…
We’re preparing to move out any day now. We hired XSBaggage, the company who shipped our stuff here in the first place, to help us move back to the US. Basically, we packed two suitcases and two large cardboard boxes with our excess clothes, shoes, souvenirs, kitchen supplies, and chocolates, and we’re sending them on ahead of us. In fact, I’m waiting for the shipping company guy to come pick them up now.
They should be arriving at my parent’s door in Green Bay in a few days – they might even beat us there. That is, unless the cardboard boxes fall apart, which I’m slightly worried about happening.
Other than that, we’ve returned our rental Citroen car, packed up our Indian spices and our baking/cooking foods and given them off to people who want them (peanut butter and black beans to the Americans, cookie sprinkles to the moms, spices to an English woman who likes Indian food), donated read books to the library, donated my yoga mat to the class…
Since we’re not grocery shopping anymore, we’re just eating frozen food from Picard (I have to blog about that place soon). And now we just have to clean up this place!
Hi I found your blog through Jennie in France…I was in stitiches of laughter when I saw the title of your post….
When I used to tell my boys off, and sometimes they do it now toooo.. If I said “Pack it up” they would say “Pack it in, where to begin” ha ha
I know Picard, went to one In Paris when over there. Very interesting and brilliant.
Thanks! Glad you found it funny, too – my husband didn’t seem to enjoy the joke as much and I was beginning to wonder if I was just getting a little slap-happy after too many hours of packing
I’m missing Picard already – tried to make some phyllo dough asperagus-basil thingies like they make last night, but they didn’t quite turn out that well!
Hi,
I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog – good luck with settling back into life outside of Fonty!
I’l be starting at INSEAD soon and wanted to ask you about the availability of Indian stores close to Fonty where I might be able to pick up Indian spices?
Thanks!
Hi there! Thanks for reading – yes, I’m slowly settling in to life here in the US again
Regarding Indian stores, there is a place in Avon called something like “boucherie orientale” that sells a lot of spices, frozen parathas/roti, etc. I’ve actually never been there and have heard mixed reviews on the place, but if you need spices, you can head over there. I believe it is 27 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 77210 Avon (it’s basically on your left hand side if you keep following Rue Leclerc all the way to the train station and then keep going past).
Otherwise, if you want a wider selection, you can head to the area near the La Chapelle Metro Stop/Gard du Nord area in Paris. When you get off at La Chapelle, you can find Rue Cail within a few blocks and there are quite a few Indian shops all along that area. Good Luck!
Thanks a ton Andrea – that detailed information really helps
Cheers!
Dont stop the blog… just switch to NY. You can already write about the Met