Champagne Wishes

Taken atop Printemps whilst sipping champagne and promising myself that I'd return next spring. I leaned closer to the railing watching people cross the boulevard. I smiled to think that here I was in the city of lights, sipping champagne, listening to a jazz ensemble while shoppers relaxed on the rooftop eating very expensive deserts yet I was there precisely because I couldn't afford anything inside. My student travel budget didn't allow for that kind of shopping. I could only afford a glass of champagne, but isn't that what champagne dreams are?