48 bd de vaugirard

Once again, since we are gone, I will share where we lived and what it looked like. We really got lucky finding this apartment. It was big and right next to Gare Montparnasse, the train station that Mark used everyday to get to work. And I personally think the buildings around our neighborhood were some of the most beautiful in the city.

Our living space was spacious and more than we really needed. It pays to live in the unpopular neighborhoods when you are interested in some extra square meters!

We looked out onto a boulevard that was normally bustling with people, pets and motor scooters. You knew when it was vacation because the scooters and motorcycles parked stretched all the way down to our apartment or past for the train station.

I realized that I never got any photos of our kitchen or our bedrooms. I remembered to take the photos too late when piles were starting to be made and things weren't looking as tidy as normal! We really loved this apartment. I think part of it was because we decided to make it ours and homey. We realized that even though we were living temporarily overseas, we didn't need to make our living space feel temporary. It helps when you hang things on the walls and make it feel a little more permanent. In the last few months, I started to meet some of the neighbors and they were all very friendly and were sad to hear we were leaving. Well, they were probably only sad that Leila was leaving. One woman called her the mascot of the building! I really should have gotten a dog sooner to make friends! A few of my favorites stopped me to say "au revoir" and "bonne chance" (good luck) in our last few days there. Now that we are gone, it's a little sad to think that I will never see any of those people ever again. They really did make my day a little better when they just gave me the chance to speak some French and politely correct me when I was wrong. I tried to thank them and I think they understood, but they definitely didn't fill the rude French stereotype. They'll be missed. And mostly this apartment will be missed. I'm happy to say we loved where we lived and it made it a better experience for both of us. It was sad to turn in the keys to 48 bd de Vaugirard 3G. Au revoir.