April in Paris

'It's no use, I'm in love with the man I married. And he's not even my husband!" Doris Day's memorable quote from her 1954 classic 'April in Paris'. And just like Day or Audrey in 1957's 'Funny Face', Paris and the southern countryside await my arrival in a few short weeks! It's probably just my imagination but movies portend my reality in freaky ways. Shortly after watching Terrence Malick's 'The New World', I flew to London for the start of the 400th anniversary of America. Before I left for Beunos Aires, I picked up 'Evita' not knowing it was a musical but appreciating Argentina's history. Before I flew to Taipei, I watched a great interview with Ang Lee, Director of 'Brokeback Mountain' talk about Taiwan's agricultural countryside. Now, only days after watching 'Sabrina' with Audrey escaping to Paris to return years later as a very attractive and sophisticated woman, GoNomad invites me to do the same. That is, I'm going for 10 days rather than 2 years. Still, a lot can happen in 10 days. Hundreds of romantic movie scenes flicker in my brain. The Eiffel Tower, Seine, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, Louvre Museum, I'm dizzy with delirium and determined to fall in love (with the city) just like in the movies. Of course, I'd live happily ever after if a post-impressionist artist painted my face with a French kiss crossing the Pont Neuf!