Paris is cold. According to the weather reports it has been hovering around 0 degrees Celsius most days. That's 32 degrees in Fahrenheit. In either measurement, it translates as cold. The funny thing to me is that, unlike most other forms of metric measurement used in the rest of the world, Celsius seems less precise than Farenheit. Easier to calculate maybe, but more general in terms of the subtle difference in how we feel and sense temperature and weather. It is the one form of measurement where I think that metric doesn't win the horse race and where the small incremental differences in Fahrenheit actually mean something and are lost in Celsius.
In either measurement, I have learned the importance of layers and scarves. Layers are easy, but scarves are not. The French seem to be born with an innate ability to wrap their scarves effectively and fashionably, whereas my scarf is barely effective from keeping the cold out. And I have totally given up on fashioning the complex looks being sported on so many necks. I walk down the cobblestoned streets of Paris and experience great scarf-wrapping envy. Everyone's necks look so warm and toasty and fashionable.I guess being from California means that I am born with other innate senses, none of them having to do with scarf skills.
According the meteo reports, tomorrow through the end of our trip will be almost balmy. We are expecting rain with temperatures around 8 degrees. It will feel like San Francisco in the summer if the weather reports are correct. I will still need a scarf, but it won't be quite as essential to my survival for our last few days here.
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That is so funny, Maureen. I often look at how fashionable most folks are with scarves to brighten up their outfit or just to make a cold day look not so cold. I don't have that gene either. In fact I wished I had brought one along yesterday when we went to the flea market. It was colder in the morning than we thought, our cold weather layers left at home. Today Chris has the beginnings of a cold.
We went scarf and glove shopping after our flea market shivers. The one I have is too long and there are only so many wrappings around the neck before I look silly. It always manages to fall off my shoulders or get caught in something. Most un-SJP. It's after Christmas and the pickings are slim. I am still looking.
Aunt Sue
Sue, I'm glad I am not alone in this problem. I feel like I have learned a few tricks, but still have a long way to go. I hope Chris doesn't get too sick...this time of year is such a challenge.
It's been very cold here in good old Beaumont, CA. Of course not as brutal as there. I have been dealing with scarves as well. We will all take classes!! By the way, the tattoo looks absolutely amazing...have a good trip home..see you soon...Mom
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