Hotel Des 7 Fontaines Vienne

... much as I care for them, and that in itself makes being here priceless.

These last few weeks have I have gotten happier and happier which is hard for me to believe. Not because I am surprised that I am happy, but because I am surprised that I am happy with certain things in my life that would normally "ruin" my attitude. You know that people say not to question happiness but I find myself totally baffled at the fact that despite negative ...

... 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 ...

... my party friends but deep down as long as I am challenging myself and working hard I can be content, no wait, happy, with the “American dream”. Humans are always searching their whole lives for their purpose. They find themselves married with two or three kids, a mortgage and a pretty pathetic sex life since they got married and feel unfulfilled with their accomplishments. But the truth is that we don’t have a purpose, we are here ...

... knowing it would help ease my anxiety a little for later. We sat down next to the crackling fire and basically just began to talk about Julie. Her being the priority of my job that is how we eased into it, we talked about her very strong tyrant personality (joke lol) and my need to gain authority with her. Back home its much different because I am very strict with children when I need to be and when my foot goes down it does not come up. But here it ...

... weight loss last year I took advantage of being skinny and stopped working out. But France won’t let me keep doing that, so sneakers are back out and my food limitations are stricter all thanks to FRANCE.

This stomach issue has forced me to be completely lactose free, which is ridiculous in France I know. I don’t eat cheese, milk, yogurt or dairy of any kind at all, ever. If I ...

... 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 ...

... of you from the US who don't know who Les Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de Bois are a French Christian boys choir (from 4th to 9th grade). They live together in a school in Paris and travel the world (and France) for concerts. You can find plenty of videos on Youtube. They are extremely good singers and are often "hired" by famous singers to sing in the background (as a choir, not individually).
Saint Pierre de Chandieu, Rhône-Alpes, France bfayolle

... D*ily Life", or in French, * "Monitor". My bedroom w*s on the boys' floor *nd I kept my door cr*cked open to he*r possible shen*****ns th*t were going on...Th*t first night I w*s woken up *t 2*m by the sniffling *nd hyperventil*ting of * little tiny colorblind-dyslecsic 8yr old, who h*d never been *w*y from his f*mily, who w*s h*ving tummy problems...Now, I w*sn't just concerned with his emotion*l he*lth, I h*d to *sk him wh*t w*s physic*lly troubling him...thus ...

... had worked on joint projects between Europe and NASA and had travelled a lot in the US. He was telling us about a project which was cancelled in 2001 due to lack of money, and I told him that now the US has plenty of money -- we borrow it from the Chinese and send it to Iraq. We stumbled around some in Vienne, not really knowing what to do, then found the 'installation' for the jazz festival. It was interesting, especially the room ...

... and the leave of none other. We are brothers and sisters, best of friends, and regardless of who we've thus far met, who we've thus far bid adieu, the bonds, the emotions, the companionship formed in this elite niche will withstand time, unweathered, and will without doubt exist forever. To all my colleagues of this abstract college, I bid ye my thanks, my love, and my best wishes. Thank you. All of you. *thanks for reading*