being elsewhere

it's not home but it's where i am for 2 weeks. it's not vacation, it's work but with friends and people i am familiar with.

it's luxembourg. i didn't even know that was a place before i started this job. and now here i am in luxembourg... the places you will go.

learning french in luxembourg where almost everyone speaks french. should be quick progress. i remembered i used to listen to tapes of french back in pakistan, when i was 10? then i tried 2 years ago 3 nights a week. and now this. it isn't an easy language- no real rules, not much of a pattern which means infinite flexibility. it's week two and i am getting used to this. thankfully my boss is french, there is no way i will be forgetting this language.

i have been out of the irem zone for 10 days now. floating is more like it. i floated on a harley in the countryside of belgium, floated through paris and floating in luxembourg. i thought taking pilates and yoga classes would bring me back to earth and it probably helped that hour before i was back to floating.

it's strange being away from home. i miss istanbul very much. i don't think i have felt connected to anyplace ever before as much as i do now.