The first of the six boxes I shipped to Paris on January 15th arrived just a few minutes ago, and it feels like Christmas all over again.
This box was one of the two largest, and was very heavy, so although I couldn't recall what was in it I was pretty sure it contained some books.
And it did! About a dozen books ranging from French language to English tutoring materials to books about France to some good fiction (Dan Brown's Angels and Demons is tops on my "to read" list).
But it also included some personal items:
- 3 pump-bottles of Purell hand sanitizer for the WC (so American guests don't freak out about the absence of a sink in the room);
- my favorite brand of deoderant (which I have since learned I can get here anyway);
- a big container of multivitamins (because good health is important);
- two whopping big bags of dried cranberries (I love them in my cereal and they're très cher here);
- a few small clothing items; and
- Breathe Right strips (now you know - I sometimes snore).
And best of all -- the box brought me the rest of my DVD collection from home! And just in the nick of time, too -- I ony brought a handful of movies with me initially, and I had been watching them so often I was actually getting tired of looking at Hugh Grant and Colin Firth... what a shame!
Now the only remaining mystery is: where are the other FIVE boxes? Keep your fingers crossed that they eventually show up.
