Day 2 in Paris

Day 2 or I guess you could say the offical first full day in Paris. I woke up and being tres Americain, went across the street to get a venti (as big as they get!) cafe to take away back to my pit of a room. The first task after having a few sips of coffee, find a new place to live! I spent the morning scrambling to find new temporary housing. Forget the agency, I was taking this into my own hands. I sent probably a hundred requests out on VRBO, ParisStay, ParisAttitude and on and on.

One problem...no one works on the weekends in France. No one was responding.

I could not waste the day and I was in Paris for pete's sake so I decided to head over to the Marais and find this shop I have read about so many times called Merci. I hopped on the metro and made my way to the marais, closest stop to merci is Saint-Sebastien-Froissart, dropping you very close.

I was so proud that I found it and as you walk in through the courtyard I knew it was going to be just as great as everyone says. They have a great mix of clothes, home goods, etc. and three cafes. I chose to eat in the very cute Used Book Cafe and could not have been happier to sit in a little, cozy room and have a bowl of soup. Eating alone is my new thing now!

The entrance of Merci

The Used Book Cafe

After lunch I strolled through the store more and while I loved some of the clothes, I do not want to buy anything until I know I am done moving! I did find this table that I love though so if I move in somewhere and for some reason they don't have one, I know where to find one. The bonus of expat life is having your company pay for the shipping of goods to and from France, because it is not cheap, that's for sure.

My table:

I walked around some more, but as the clock approached 4 I figured I better go back to the hotel and figure out my room situation and switch my stuff to room #2.