Stateside

I returned home about two weeks ago via first class U.S. Airways flight and I must admit it was pretty impressive. If you have to fly longer than five hours go first class, most times you can pay for an upgrade at the ticket counter or just splurge, believe me it's worth it. So lets recap, finished my film, lost my credit cards and my passport, went for two weeks without any money in a foreign country, if I can survive that I can survive anything, ate at the oldest and most expensive restaurant in Paris, Le Coup, courtesy of New York University, shot some scenes for my film with a Super 8mm camera, left my bike, Josephine, with a good friend until I return, yes I will be returning, spent the night in the airport but made it home safely. The best part about traveling abroad was just being immersed in the culture. There were times when I just wanted to come home but those periods always passed and left me feeling proud of myself for being able to spend an extended period of time outside my comfort zone and away from all my family and friends. If you've never been to a foreign place for longer than two or three weeks you should definitely do it. You learn a lot about yourself as I did. I must say there's nothing like home though. I do miss being surrounded by French speaking people and the French way of life, its so much more appealing than American life, its more sophisticated, artistic, polished. I do miss that way of life. The French are so conservative and reserved although they do have bourgeois attitudes and they don't smile very often, but you get used to it. Well enjoy the final pictures from my voyage and I'll be posting more as I begin entering my finished film into festivals, once it's complete as I am still editing it, and I'll be having a screening probably in late October.