Spanish is the language I studied in high school and college with great relish, although my inability to roll my Rs probably led to my downfall of becoming the next great Spanish language poet.

That being said, there is a bit of a serious Francophile in me. I ache to go to France, to enjoy its cafes, to stroll its streets, to let romance sweep me as it does like the wind through Paris. "Learn French" is something that has been on my personal To Do list for a while, and until we have the extra dough for an honest-to-goodness course, my generic "intro to conversational French" CD will have to do, playing while I wash dishes and daydream.

So it's no wonder that Google's ad, Parisian Love, strikes a strong chord with me:



Ah, Paris. I love you and miss you even though we have not yet met! Ah, Paris. Je vous aime et vous manquez même si nous n'avons pas encore atteint!

PS. The entire Search Stories YouTube series by Google have been a great delight lately.

PPS. Enjoy one of my very favorite Spanish poems: Oda a la luz encantada de Pablo Neruda.