haiku-style moments from Gare Toulouse-Matabiau:

two nice girls helped me
feel less alone ce matin –
did i make new friends!?

lunch was at Subway:
we gossiped like we were French
“Sex and the City”

my french is rusty
and my clothes are all sweaty:
literal hot mess

“i’ve got my [billet]
for the long way ’round” but i
didn’t bring whiskey :(

desperate for outlets
we squat on the floors for hours
où ils ont craché -.-”

il y a un mec
who keeps stealing my outlet
he needs to shower

someone asks for help
they want directions in French
je ne sais rien!

my friend boards her train
we exchange our Facebook names
et des gros bisous

a girl wants my phone
to make a call, another
asks me for some change

each time, i can’t help.
i am now very good at
saying “désolé”

a five hour long wait:
j’ai besoin d’un grand café
but not from Starbucks :P

my phone charging post
amuses an old man so much
he pats my forehead

fifty euro cents
to pee!? at least TP’s free
…take the roll to go? :P

i’m pretty sure that
my friends want to see photos
no, you just get poems :P

an update in 8 haikus: arriving at Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac

upon arrival:
ran guy over with suitcase
he rode the same bus -.-”

he looks like Bradley
Cooper, but shorter, thinner
and has a sore foot (oops!)

“parlez-vous anglais?”
i asked, then replied in french
my brain is clumsy

watching the sunrise
as i depart on the bus
from Toulouse-Blagnac

i’m finally in France!
overdressed, overpacked and
too hungry to care

i am beginning
à penser en français et
JE VEUX JUSTE MANGER

all these boulangeries
restos, pubs, épiceries
i’m stuck on a bus

tout est en français
i think i see the station
everyone hustles