Des Congres Villeurbanne

... became much closer, he gave me the tour of his father’s land and that gave us an opportunity to better get to know and understand each other. Before when there were problems I was the least close with Michel, mostly because he works the most and I see him the least, but also because we didn’t understand each other’s motives for me being here. But once we came to find that our wants for my stay here are the same, all about being a ...

On est partie vendredi après-midi pour Lyon en TGV, un voyage d'environ 4h15. On dirait qu'on devient plus impatient avec les distances en France. Tout le monde se plaint que c'est loin les autres villes.
En arrivant, j'ai remarqué toute suite que Lyon est beaucoup plus gros que toutes les autres villes qu'on a vu a date (sans inclure paris évidemment). On voit des bâtiments beaucoup plus récents ...

... gelaterie. Lovely Lis could tell me what all the flavours I didn't know were, so that was handy!

After that we did some window shopping, visited a few other nice streets in Lyon and ate gorgeous little cakes at a posh chocolate shop. Yum! I had a rum soaked custard sponge tart topped with a raspberry and a square of devine chocolate gateaux topped with a chocolate coated almond. The lady bought over the whole silver platter filled with different tiny cakes and I selected ...

... up (JUST KIDDING).

So where am I going with this whole conversation, around in circles, or maybe zig-zags? The point I am trying to make is that you cant deny human nature. The older I get the more I daydream about baby names and wander in the maternity section at stores imagining. I PROMISE its not in a psychotic way. All I am trying to explain is that when someone asks me if I want kids, even though right now I made be totally unsure ...

... his methods can be adapted a bit but I can now see that I was misreading his behavior. I although made it clear that I felt at times that he treated me as a $ sign and it hurt my feelings so he should take that into consideration.

We went on to talk about the things I had always hated to discuss, like asking for money, and how I felt uncomfortable just hanging out and doing nothing. We tackled every issue and all agreed that communication ...

... me putting everything out on the table.

So there is all that and more. School is going, its hard and I am feeling very challenged and surprisingly for me, lazy. So I am looking for the inspiration and motivation to stay focused in class. But for some reason with French, I struggle. Its ****ing hard to learn another language, and I gotta tell you, it ****** me off when I don’t get ...

... I am working, which I am not always working. So when I have free time I feel like if I am downstairs hanging out I am being lazy and should be doing something. Another thing is I don’t always eat meals with them. Weekdays they get home later and eat late so I eat with Julie and weekends I am either out with my friends or sleeping in because its my free time. All of that and more is perceived ...

... for the French national TV. He has an angel voice (and face).

My friend Lionel, his wife Christel and one of their kids stayed with us for a week-end on their way to the French Riviera from Paris. Our friend Pascal who studied in Graduate School with Lionel and me came for lunch one day with his wife and kid. We had a great time catching up as the last time we had all been together was for ...

... who knows where. The entire town gave itself up to the jazz festival. I don't know if this happens in the US. Even though there were thousands of people at the concert, there were no packs of people roaming the streets, and no trash. When we got to the bus area, something else was going on. People were driving around blowing their horns. At first we thought it was the festival, but no, Spain had won a soccer game. I think it must have ...

... full flight. One of the interesting things about Lyon is that there are hundreds of little passageways and paths called traboules running through the old city (many of them hidden behind doors in small lanes). I find some of them but it would take many hours to work your way through them - apparently you can cross the whole city using them. After this rather long walk I am in need of sustenance so return back down the hill and eat half a dozen oysters, quenelles (a sort of dumpling) of ...