Just to clarify, Jessica is “ma na na.” It is a slang way to say “my woman” in French. I think I might have actually made up the term, but anyway. The first picture was taken by Quinn on our routine walk down this street that usually happens between 1 and 2 a.m. The rest of the pictures are of Quinn and me just cutting up and random times and places during the week.

I have always said that this city is made for lovers, so it is no surprise that last week was so perfect. Hopefully with the beautiful weather and the memories of last week, I won’t come down off of this high to be in the bitter mindset that I used to have. I love Paris, but I do have to admit that when the weather is cold and you have no one to snuggle with or kiss on the sidewalk and you must watch everyone else doing it, you develop a bitterness towards happy and warm people. My friend Kerem put it the best way I’ve heard by saying, “Paris is made for walking and kissing. If you have nowhere to go and no one to kiss, then you are screwed.” For this last stretch of my time in Europe, there is no way possible for me to be brought down. The weather is too nice and the surroundings too beautiful, and I can’t think of one place that I frequent that now doesn’t contain a memory of me and CBQ being there. So what more can you ask for?