FRIEND OF FOE FRIDAY!!!!!!

This week's edition is no indication of the number of foes I actually met in Paris....


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1) FRIEND!  This woman was a couch surfer in Paris that saw that I was in her area and invited me out for coffee.  She toured me around different neighborhoods in Paris and took me for some mouth-watering crepes in St. Louis.  I even got to experience Paris in the rain- special thanks to her umbrella!

2) FRIENDS!  My hosts!  Yanis (on the left) visited NYC back in March and I met him and his fellow hockey-playing friends in a bar.  He gave me an open invitation to stay with his family if/when I visited Paris.  I don’t know if he really expected a knock on his door 6 months later but he got one!  I stayed with Yanis, his twin brother, and mom in their lovely abode within the suburbs of Paris!  What great hosts!!  Yanis even scraped together enough hockey equipment for me to play with his team during my stay. 

 3) FRIENDS!  This sweet couple took a picture of me in Paris.  We got to talking since they were American and were excited to spill their beans- he had proposed at the Eiffel Tower two days earlier!  They were both very excited to share the news since they had no family or friends with them!  Brownie points to that guy. 

              4)  FRIENDS! Alexia (next to me) contacted me back in March through Couch Surfing because she was visiting NYC. I wasn’t able to host her but I did meet her in the Big Apple while I was visiting in July. Alexia hosted me in Paris for the first few days and was sweet enough to lend me a little black dress so that we could hit up “French Tuesdays” at some swanky bar. The dress codes are strict, the drinks are expensive and the heels are high on Tuesdays in Paris! The other girls were friends of Alexia from Paris, NYC and Brazil. We danced until there were blisters…