Radisson Sas, Lyon

... 8221; has shifted. No it doesn&#8217;t mean I want to be a homemaker or anything it just means I want a family and I won&#8217;t put a paycheck before it, because what I want out of life has changed very much. <br><br> Is it working for two people who are overworked and under with quality time with their kid? Is looking back on your childhood to see what went wrong with your parents that caused them to divorce? Or is it the innate female instinct that ...

... key to a successful relationship. We were going to talk about issues as they occur rather than waiting until someone, or Virginie, blows up in my face and throws words like knives. <br><br> Its times like these I not only feel like a badass but I am also SO grateful I chose communications as my area of study in college (I feel SO sad saying that in the past tense, and old too). Communication is key to success in every aspect of a relationship ...

... Family problems at home, employee issues here. School is hard because French is hard, I am digestively sick and can&#8217;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 ...

... places in Lyon. Many of these places I am familiar with, which makes it even cooler.<br><br> I not only got to watch the first film, but I saw the very first camera ever created and stood where the film was taken; pretty much really cool. Turns out our little Thomas Eddison also gave a very helpful invention to the film as well. Thanks to him we were able to have the images spinning on a wheel ...

... Should I submit to working in unfair conditions just because they put food on the table so to speak? I am an American at heart and therefore if my liberty is at stake I say &#8220;Give me liberty, or give me death&#8221;. I would rather lose my job than my self-respect and that is not something I need anyone&#8217;s opinion on, that I know for sure. <br><br> So what is the jeune fille au pair to do? I love it here, the ...

... was great, it was life changing and something I will always remember, but something about this time around is so different. The language,which I am far from fluent, has come to much quicker and less frustrating. Ihardly notice when I turn on the radio or the TV that someone is speaking another language. I am so used to it by now.<br><br> I love spending time with Julie. She is so sweet and even though she can be achallenge ...

... a quick walk down the hill and bopping along with my Ipod made it much more entertaining. Line 3to Gare de Loup. That&#8217;s where I was headed. After so many stops I arrived at the metro and found it easy to follow the mob to the metro. Everyone was pretty much going the same place I was. On the metro to Bellecoer where I would switch lines from D to A then to Hotel de Ville where I would get off to find the bank. I only knew the street the bank was on which ...

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

... touch footy on the lawn, which I did for a couple of seconds before I was exhausted. So I retired to a red wine listening to Will playing guitar and everyone relaxing in the almost warm sun. After a couple of wines, I joined the boys for a swim in the pool. Let's just say that it was nothing less than ice cold:) I stayed in for half an hour anyway and had a great swim. We took a few pics under water with the boys and doing flips into the pool. After this Cory brought 18 ...

... instructed to find a dog that would lead the way (and with baguette-basket in hand) we started our trek. Sure enough, about twenty minutes up the road a little dog came running out of a French-style home and began to run up the path ahead of us. Finding our map utterly useless, we decided to follow the dog- which we assumed would lead to us getting helplessly lost. The dog would run ahead of us up the road along ...