Several days before the wedding, I learned that I could stay on for a week after the wedding was over and help my friends convert the groom's mom's garage into a bedroom.
I changed my plane flight from June 18th: Buenos Aires to September 3rd: Seattle, Washington. Just to push it out as far as possible within the limits of my visa.
At the wedding, the bride's parents invited me to join them for a week-long watercolor workshop at their chalet in the mountains east of Lyon from July 5th through 11th, approximately. I accepted. I'm to provide musical entertainment, and I also offered to help cook.
Several old and new acquaintances at the wedding offered places to visit in: Paris, Brittany, Auvergne, Lyon, Marseilles, and another place I don't remember the name of.
I stayed a few days in the country after the wedding, then returned to Paris to attend a surprise birthday party and a ball this weekend.
My current plan after the aforementioned festivities is to check websites for volunteering opportunities in flood cleanup, as many cities in France have recently been inundated. I might head, for example, to Lourdes to muck out the holy site and then to Lyon to catch up with the bride's family and head to the mountains for the watercolor workshop.
I am feeling rather pleased with how many fun plans have come out of not trying to plan ahead, but waiting to see what comes up.
Meanwhile, I continue writing and thinking and talking to explore what I'd like to do and be next.
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