1. You cook chicken and notice that the inside is still raw, then think to yourself... "oh, that looks about right."
2. You are no longer surprised that a doctor's visit only costs an Euro.
3. Sharing lanes with motorcycles becomes routine... they come up behind you and you scooch over so they can ride the line between you and oncoming traffic.
4. You get climbing endurance.
5. You lose all bouldering power.
6. Testing every single type of cheese on a platter isn't necessary...you know which ones you like.
7. You contemplate going on strike when you don't get something you want at school... or if you want to add a couple more days to summer vacation.
8. Eating ultra-processed food and crappy vegetables from the southern hemisphere is no longer an option.
9. You realize that "Accès Interdit" (No Entry/Access Prohibited) signs are optional.
10. Your definition of a meal now includes a minimum of three courses.
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Non, non, non! Chicken cannot be bloody, even for the French!
ReplyDeleteOooppsss.. I must have made a mistake with my poultry... It's the Italians that eat raw chicken and the French that eat raw duck.
ReplyDeleteI obviously failed the integration test. Maybe I'll have better luck next time. :)
11. You realize standing in line is only for non-french people.
ReplyDelete12. You realize that pronunciation rules don't really mean anything.
ReplyDeleteHahaha... Ben, you're better integrated than I am... why aren't you living here?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of chickens, one of my coworkrs maintains that free range chickens are only free if they can travel - for example to France. So I'll be on the look out for free range US chickens running around France that I can photograph. Any help you can provide would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteCliff
In about nine months I might be out of a job, so we might be living with you.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! You should go on strike like all the teachers here and just cut out the school year... Straight from summer vacation to winter/summer vacation!
ReplyDeleteI like it. The garden needs you.