Residence Sejours Et Affaires Lyon Vaise Park Lane

... 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 ...

... the door its not there anymore. I am here right now and I owe it to the great family I am with to be “here” while I am here.

But unfortunately I cant ignore it all I want my body will remind me when it wants to. For example I am happy, don’t get me wrong, but I have found that with my friends lately I have been having trouble to keep my mood light. I hate when that happens because it takes more energy to be around people and ...

... small stuff like I used to. I think so much of my attitude in France this time around has to do with where I am in life as opposed to where I was before. And I don’t care who wants to argue with me, specifically my older friends who are still in college, but graduating college, at least for me, changes your outlook on life. I mean I cant even really describe the way that it has changed me, but in so many ways more than one I have grown from ...

So considering my normal nature things are on the positive. I mean there is plenty of **** flying around me but somehow I am dealing with it easier than normal. I am not down in the dumps and all emo about the several different problems that I am dealing with currently. It's a new experience entirely for me.

I am dealing with family issues back at home. Nothing that I am ...

... woke up this morning after last night and felt great; there was nothing to be upset about. I brought my “when I feel like thinking deeply and contemplating the complication world we live in” book and read some good passages over a hot espresso this morning. I strutted down the rue du republic this morning instead of taking the subway because I felt like it and I enjoyed the warm windy day.

Until next time,

Xoxox

... Paris, since we didn't really leave until about 11. We got on the road again and we started another book. One thing we do on these trips is read out loud while traveling. We started a book by W. Cleon Skousen entitled "The Five Thousand Year Leap" which is a book he wrote to provide to new members of Congress to enlighten them on the thoughts of the Founding Fathers in developing and writing the Constitution. I find it to be a ...

After a long drive though a lightening storm, we land in Lyon. We didn't get much sightseeing in because of all the rain, thus no really interesting pictures. We are disappointed since parts of city are UNESCO World Heritage sites. One thing we did see as we were driving around (admittedly in a shady part of town) is the area where the prostitutes hang out. Why it's interesting and even work mentioning is they work out of ...

... get a feast... LOL :P "20 €uros ! 20 bloody €uros... for THIS ?!" is a phrase to be repeated for the rest of the trip :D Classic Rob.

When we got into Barcelona we headed straight up to the Olympic Stadium and lookout for a sunset picture opportunity. Then back down and to the funky church thing (Sagrada Familia). After a brief dinner at the hotel the troops were gathered and... all but ten of us decided to stay in. MEH ;P ...

... walk to the metro, and took the funiculaire to the roman ruins (which look down on the city). To my surprise, the city had set up an "authentic" roman village and a more or less authentic legion, fully dressed in traditional armor and weaponry. Every 30 minutes they would demonstrate roman tactics, a special treat considering I have studied their tactics and history for many years. I got my picture taken with one too, talk about a sweet face book picture ...