finding an apartment in Paris. what a nightmare. during the previous 3 months I was lucky enough to find students who sublet their studios for the summer, but now the competition is fiercer than trying to secure a ticket for a Bon Iver concert. and timing is everything. you see an offer for a good price, at a good location; don’t bother visiting it, just say you’ll take it. because if not you will be so overcome with remorse that you just give up and give in and sign up to an agent. which was what I did. and it doesn’t stop there, because you realize you’re also competing with other people who signed up to the same agent… SIGH