July 2022
I booked a spontaneous trip to France after my friends had an extra room to stay in their home swap. It was also my first time booking a solo trip to northern France, Normandie.
We had one of the most beautiful first 48 hours, morning museum walks, fresh fruit breakfast plates, 10pm sunsets in the city, and countless of jazz and watch parties of the Effiel Tower.
That is, on the 2nd night I decided to sponteanously ride a scooter intoxicated at 2am with two adolescents I met at an expat rooftop bar; they wanted to see the tower shimmer at midnight and with most delusion for a good story, I agreed. The cobble floor showed no mercy for anyone, and I ended up with a deep gash in my chin.
This is my thank you note for the one man who gave me his ‘safe the planet’ white tshirt to soak my blood, housed me to charge my phone, and gave me a packet of bandaids. Thank you kind stranger.