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clau's avatar

What a beautiful post to come back to Substack🥹 I’m so glad I read this. I love Paris so much and I love when a city is described as memories and emotions rather than just a place. You created a very detailed image of your different times in Paris and I could see it all playing in my head. Soooo good🫶🏻

Em's avatar

clau!!!! thank you i’m really glad you liked this one! 🥲

Anoushka's avatar

em this was gorgeous!!!! we need more letters to cities, this is the first time i've read anything like it and i am OBSESSED. your stories fill me with happiness and i could listen to them for literally ever

Em's avatar

thank you so much lovely 🥺💜

poppy ⋆˚࿔'s avatar

I loveeee this!!! i need to experience paris now 😭 beautiful wordsss!!!🫶

Em's avatar

thank you as always poppy 🥺💜

Loïne's avatar

What a beautiful ode to my home city! If ever we are in Paris at the same time, it would be wholesome to show you around from a local’s pov! I love that Paris brought you and your partner together! It did the same for me! As conflictual as my opinions are on Paris, I can’t deny that this city can truly be a magical place.

Em's avatar

awwww that’s such a lovely thought!! thank you for reading, lovely

Apoorvaa S Raghavan's avatar

The bit about the souvenir t-shirt fading over a decade did something to me. That’s exactly how memory works

Em's avatar

thank you so much for reading 🥺💜

Calley Overton's avatar

gorgeously written! it's also so special to visit a city (that's not your city, at least in the living there sense) again and again. i have a similar relationship with london where i've been at different stages of life each time i've visited and consequently see it differently. honestly, i've only visited paris once and it wasn't a great trip. nearly everything that could go wrong did. but your post is further evidence i should really give it another chance

Em's avatar

thank you so much!! it’s so true, i love using places as a reference for how we’re changing and moving through life 🥺