We take breakfast for the last time together. Mom and sis are going back to Guadeloupe today. They finish getting ready and we all leave the hotel around 10. Polo and I are going to the airport with them. We reach Orly 1/2 hour later. Being there definitely confirms that vacations are over. After they check-in we say our good-byes. On one hand I feel like I've been gone forever and on the other, time with them seems to have gone by in the blink of an eye.
Back in Paris Paolo and I go to Montparnasse where we have lunch and then do some last minute shopping. We go to Pascal for a couple hours. Polo and him play a video game of "football" (soccer) while I play with my nephew Théo. Of my 5 nephews and niece, Théo is the youngest and also the one I know the least. When I go to Guadeloupe, I usually spend about 10 days so I get to see the kids much more. My time in Paris is usually very short, 2 or 3 days, when I tried to see as many family members and friends as possible.
Théo is at this phase when "non" is his favorite word and he wants to do everything the adults around him do. He is very funny and has a contagious laugh. Now he knows "mamie" (grandma), "tonton Polo" (uncle, my brother Paolo), "tatie Patou" (aunt, my sister Patricia), and "tonton Dany" (myself). He never gets tired of pointing out on the pictures who's who and if you try to trick him by telling him another name he tells you "mais non" with the "you're such an idiot" look on his face. He loves pictures and he LOVES looking at himself on photos. My brother says he got that from me. I have no idea what he's talking about!!!.
We leave them around 7 and we decide to go near the Opera house for dinner. We find a nice pizzeria where we have a great dinner while enjoying some Italian wine. Polo and I talk a lot. He has some issues with work and I wish I could help him sort it out, but I am in a very similar situation. Nothing is fundamentally wrong with our jobs and we enjoy what we do but we feel like we could be doing more. However I don't think he usually talks about that back home so it's good that we can discuss it.
We go back to the hotel for our last night together in Paris.
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