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... and enjoying each other’s company, the tension was gone.

With Virginie I have always been pretty close and comfortable with her, but after last night at the fete du lumieres we became much closer. There were thousands of people and it was impossible to not get lost. So we held hands. We had to stay in partners for most of the night to not get lost and Virginie and I were together the whole time. So we were basically holding hands all night ...

... which sadly was quite small and only in French. However, there was a beautiful silk shop attached to it and lots of nice shops in that area, so it wasn't a waste of time.

Then I met up with Lis and we took the tram up the hill to a beautiful church which looked out over the city. The view was really amazing, and, as it was a clear day, we could faintly see Mt Blanc in the distance. We walked back down the hill and, feeling that we had earned it, ate icecream at a cute ...

... me “Sorry were so boring” and I would always laugh, but I would think to myself there is nothing boring about your life, its great because your happy. I am not sure if my aunt has always been as wise as she is but I am glad to have her in my life. She has taught me more than she can realize about life and happiness by simply inviting me into her life. Its not the chicken and asparagus dinners that made her life great it was the appreciation ...

... the living room typing away about my life here, Virginie is sewing in the corner, Michel reading La Tribune (the paper) and Julie is preparing a show that we all bought tickets for, I am thinking that there is nothing else I would rather be doing on a Saturday evening. Yes that’s right, a Saturday folks. Even though I miss Jimmy like crazy, I wish I could be in America sometimes and would love to be able to go to a 24 hr store (which doesn ...

... Family problems at home, employee issues here. School is hard because French is hard, I am digestively sick and can’t eat the amazing French food without feeling sick, I have put on a few lbs and well I am full of ****. All that as far as I know sucks! So why am I not feeling down in the dumps about it? Who knows, but I am not gonna waste my time wondering why. I am going to just be grateful ...

... then were going to have a "serious discussion" about the way things are. I have no idea what to expect. No idea at all.

Until next time,

Xoxo




UPDATE:!!!!
Its Sunday afternoon. Had a fabulous weekend with Virginie, Michel, Julie their cousins Clara, Charlotte and Michels brothers George, Jean, and their wives. No awkwardness since the scolding. I have been trying ...

... touring France in the summer they sing every night in a different town and sleep at the house of locals. My parents volunteered to have two of them and our time with them was delightful. We of course attended the concert and had the surprise to see that the two boys we had at home were soloists: Celestin and Brieuc. Brieuc will attend 5th grade in the fall. I found some videos of him singing ...

... are definitely outside the tourist area, we decided to have lunch in the hotel, no English on the menu or spoke. Not too much of a worry and we had a nice lunch. Peter had a mixed grill and I had Beef Carpaccio. Peter's ankle was really swollen, and that was his good leg, so we decided to have a rest after lunch. I was out like a light, but when we came to around 4pm, it was raining and thundering, so we might never ...

... I take great pleasure texting back 'I'm sitting in a bar in Lyon drinking champagne'. I don't normally go in for one-upmanship but I was only telling the truth. On Sunday morning I go to the local market - Sophie has asked me to get her some organic bread with sesame seeds while she's away. I love going to markets so I'm only too happy to oblige - it's a small neighbourhood market with young and fresh vegetables and fruit (everything labelled as to where it is from), a huge range of ...

I flew in to Paris, then took the TGV to Lyon. Christian Fritch from Hospal met me and drove me to his house, where I was to stay for the summer. Hospal was a sister company to COBE at the time, and we had hosted some French girls for Hospal at COBE. Christian returned the favor. I worked as an Instrumentation Intern, where I learned AutoCAD (in French!), documented a ...