I was a little bit of a sceptic on this notion that Europe takes August off but after our first few weeks here I can confirm August is vacation month. On our arrival we found at least half of the stores on the street with signs of temporary closure. Eric has been trying to contact people with advertisements to rent an apartment and to date only one agency has actually responded (out of more than 10). Everywhere we have gone things are tempered with the fact that it's August...so...you know...no one is here to do that. Even the Starbucks I have started to frequent which is close to our current rental was near empty at all times of day...
...until now. Last night, the last night of August, everyone seemed to come back. Our street became packed and our avenue which seemed like such a quiet change from Chicago shared the many sounds of its people well into the night. The return of normalcy and business should be good for us and allow the completion of important tasks like setting up a bank account, getting a permanent rental, and finding a new nanny. So now, we have no more excuse of it being August - it's time to get fully settled.
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