Which in the sense of the French is I now have an apartment, phone, car, etc all properly logged in the system, regularised on direct debit etc. All thats missing is the high maintenance girlfriend, I’m sure she’ll turn up directly. Driving is a newish thing for me, certainly the whole lark of having a car thats all mine, as in I slam it into a wall noones going to shout at me, its just going to cost money which I could care less about (as in, I’ll drive it around dinged as long as its still roadworthy). I got myself a dinky little Merc A since they’re pretty handy for tight parking and my apartment has a garage thats like trying to fly through the Stargate to get into (blip the garage door, cross a traffic stream, don’t hit the sides, turn on ramp, don’t hit the curb, don’t hit the rich ladies giant limousine). I like the new car, its agile and very forgiving of me trying to stall it out. It can go from stationary in 2nd which is nice and takes a teaspoon of diesel to get me to work and back which is also good. I’ve been here for two months now and spent €40 on fuel. Read the rest of this entry »
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