As if an American in Paris wasn't obtuse enough...now we will have a Hoosier in Paris.
We have stumbled upon an exciting opportunity. Josh loves Drupal. We went to Washington D.C. so he could meet other Drupaler's that speak his nerd language. He liked it so much that he thought...Paris....why not? So he filled out information for a scholarship and he won!
The first question....should we go? Of course. We are young, no kids, have supportive families to watch after our 3 cats, and have a credit card.
The reality....Drupalcon starts in less than 40 days...33 I think. We have no passports, have never traveled internationally, have only taken a few years of French in high school, and Josh gets lost driving home sometimes. How are we to manage the foreign world of Paris.
Thus "A Hoosier in Paris" is born.
I'm as outsider as they come for this adventure. I don't speak French and I don't speak Drupal, PHP, JavaScript...whatever. But I'm all about this Drupal thing...if we keep getting to see the world.
More to come...
I just got back from Paris. It is beyond lovely. You have one advantage over Josh - he has to go to Drupalcon and you don't. I am a Drupaler myself, and I love Drupalcon to death, but Paris is Paris and Drupal will always be there when I get home.
There will also be many many many stranded Drupal spouses to socialize with and they're all great. The train system is easy to understand, goes everywhere, and you'll be pretty surprised how far your couple years of high school French will take you (I had the same deal.) Check out a couple basic French podcasts before you go and get a good guidebook (I liked the Rick Steves one myself.)
Have an amazing trip!