Attention aux pots de fleurs qui tombent!

The seasons are changing in Paris and the sun is shining more and the first few days of warmer weather hit. Unfortunately the wind is responsible for carrying out the winter and whisking in spring. Now I am very accustomed to wind, Boston wind is the champion at knocking people over, but I ventured over by the Seine on a very windy day and it was impossible to walk against the wind. Ah, a bit of home.

Similar to when it snowed, the Parisians are freaked out about wind. They close all of the parks and dare to venture outside in the wind. It’s wind, not a tsunami. My host mother chased me out of the house the other day telling me to “Watch the falling flower pots!” I was utterly confused until she explained the people leave their flower pots on the balconies and the wind can knock them on to the sidewalks. I assured her that I would walk in the middle of the street to avoid this—but Parisians, please just place your flower pots inside on windy days to assure that no one gets knocked out by falling flower pots!