As my time winds down here I have been thinking of what I have appreciated about living here: 1. Driving – I don’t know why I assumed that French drivers would always be screaming at me while running running someone over. It is quite the opposite: they drive more like senior citizens. I mean that [...]

Admittedly, I am a bit homesick. I keep on looking at the calendar and it is eternally six more months to go. Yes, staying in the lush countryside with “frost” being the only extreme winter occurrence. Life is good in the big château. But I miss pizza, carry-out thai food, tall buildings, a real big [...]

This weekend (which include Monday for me because I worked Saturday and partially Sunday) has been one of the most relaxing weekends in a long time. Saturday night was an impromptu card night…whisky, chatting it up, music, frivolity, oh, and cards. Had to made it an early night because in the morning I did the [...]

My commitment of my job here in France is actually coming to a close. In fact, I have been here one year longer than originally planned. So where does that bring me but to plan for my future; and I have been thinking very hard about this for the past month. In short – my [...]

When coming from a city where there are more places you can’t park than you CAN…I sure do love how the French way of parking. In the photo, for example, this car just parks in the middle of the round-about in front of the train station. Having done that a few times and I can [...]

Well into springOriginally uploaded by zedwards The past few weeks have been 50-60 degrees (+10 C) and sunny. There are at least 10 different blooming flowers right now. Almost everyone here are nearly floating on clouds (though we have not seen a cloud in the sky except for a couple in the evening giving the [...]

A somewhat quiet Sunday “Linda” and myself deemed ourselves worthy for another chapter into the bowels of what is known as Limoges nightlife. Nightlife in France is not the most notable activity one can do here, but ironically if played right, there is quite nothing like it in any place I have been: what started [...]

7.10 for a “le M” (a realllly good, for mcd0′s) burger and a Mcflurry. Yes, it is my guilty pleasure, but it is so good I cannot resist! So each time I go to the Z.I. Nord (Industrial zone for shopping for work), I have to stop by. I do it for the icecream really! [...]

Intoxicated spiritsOriginally uploaded by zedwards We had our first hard frost this year.

One of the things one must do when moving to a foreign country is get used to not having what one is used to. Going into a “pharmacie” (notable by their green cross) is a step back in time for a more personal experience where the woman behind the counter greets everyone going through the [...]