La Pyramide Vienne

... from outside to help it burn. Michel is mounting the Christmas tree that Julie insisted I pick out because I worked at a Christmas tree farm and that makes me an expert in her eyes J . Julie is running around the house with rosy cheeks from the fire and I am tapping away at my computer happy to be spending this late afternoon with my family.

After lasts nights great festivities at la fete de lumieres I woke up today in a great mood and got ...

... t think it rained the whole time I was there, which made a welcome change from the UK!

Speaking of the UK, I've also just got back from a weekend in Bath (yes, I know, packing a lot in to my last few weeks here!). It is a lovely town, if expensive, and made lovelier by the fact it's Xmas time and all the lights and decorations were up. Anyway, Bath will have to wait for another blog as I need to go and do some work.

Looking forward to some hot weather soon,

xox Hannah

... 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 ...

... 8217;s mouth but I needed to hear it straight from the bulldog. So I braced myself and listened.

I was so pleasantly surprised by everything Michel had to say. His priority was Julie and my relationship with both her and in the family. He made it very clear that to him I was not an employee but a family member and all of my misconstrued feelings were his attempt to make me a part of the family, not treat me like an assistant. I admit that ...

... deal with eating and I need to cut back on the sweets just because sugar= cellulite on my ass. They eat a lot of deserts here and I need to just stay away from them. They are good for my stomach anyway. So back to what the doctor, I went in and explained to her everything that is going on and she examined my stomach and immediately felt the problem. What is it? Well I am full of ****, LITERALLY ...

... here, but how am I supposed to say well Michel treats me like I am a slave and I can’t keep up with Julie because of your parenting choices. Um I can’t say that, that’s the problem. Long story short things kinda blow right now. Here there everywhere and I feel a little helpless about it.

Well see what happens in the next week or so. They have family coming to visit this weekend ...

... 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 ...

... t *ll I could do w*s *dminister medicine th*t the kids brought with * prescription. I w*sn't *llowed to give *ny medicine (*ny over the counter mild p*in reliever) without * prescription. I b*nd*ged up cuts, put on *n*lgesic cre*m, but could not re*lly do *nything else *side from th*t. Let me introduce you to my list of problem*tic children...Now the n*mes might seem silly, but most of them were the c*mp n*mes th*t they chose whilst *rriving (give up your French n*me ...

... in front of the Fourviere church for a tour, and so she can practice her English. In trying to set this up, I finally got a chance to use my global phone. The festival By 6:30 there was no problem finding the theater as people were streaming thencewards. Several sandwich shops had set up near the theater and Ed got a Merguez to go. We got seats in the 3rd tier right in the front, but still it was easier to watch the big screen images ...

... I guess. In Montmartre we visited a great little restaurant called L'Anvers du Decor (Anvers metro) - the food, the atmosphere, the service and even the prices were fantastic! From there we headed to Lyon where we took in the beautiful Old Town area, ate some crepes, visited the Basilica on the hill at long last (beautiful!), and had some drinks at - you guessed it - the Irish pub! Then, for the piece de resistance, we headed to beautiful Nice. We ...