Friday night Sophie's Mother and Father took us out to a French buffet. Mussels and fries. Mussels are very good. I've had them twice before and it's the kind of food you would be suprised the to find the French eating. You eat them with your hands and they drip greasy cream down your arms. You only use a fork once to get the first mussel out of...

So I have noticed that the French food is getting to me. The French cheese in particular. In the past 3 weeks I have developed a bit of a spare tire. I thought about this and realized that at the rate I'm going by the end of my year here I will be a big fat guy. So I weighed my options. I could either go on some type of diet (which would mean fo...

So I will try and put up some photos ASAP. The landscape here is so awesome you really have to see it to believe it. I am, in my opinion, not learning French fast enough. Every morning I listen to a pod cast called coffee break french and every afternoon I forget everything I learned. I have a few children's comic books from the library (Léonard...