So East it's Ouest

  🎼Well thought out letters and Merino wool sweaters       Macintosh apples and French sounding better       My morning coffee and reading 1 Kings       These are a few of my favorite things🎶. Ok so that was just me subconsciously conciously thinking about another newly added favorite thing of mine.   -LILLE  - Oh Lille, is it possible to love a city?  I mean come on it's just a place; a place where jazz is heard in the square and Thai restaurants are flourishing, where bicyclists have no need to fear, the metro is always a step away, trains trains trains, Flemish architecture, art museums, where you can find cilantro at the Wazemmes market, tea rooms and estaminets, Maroille the STINKIEST cheese in FRANCE, people smile at each other, the boutiques are quirky , the title artisanal beer stands for something and hosts not only the international festival of soup but the largest antique/flea market in France once a year. ...

Hello everyone, The news is true, I accepted (and was accepted for) an English teaching assistant position in France.  Here is a link for more info about what I'll be doing.  I decided that since I like vineyards and lavender fields so much I would once again go to... the very northernmost corner of France!  You'll get the joke later on.  I was offered the position in the Nord-pas-de-Calais region right along the border with Belgium.  I've only just recieved the news so ALL the paperwork will follow this summer (visa, work contract, contacting the congregation, apartment, new credit card, health care...etc da di da di da.).  I will begin teaching the 1st of October and finish April 30, so I'll probably leave sometime mid-September.  I'm hoping to land in Lille the capital of the region, some reasons I think Lille would be awesome: 1)  They have the reputation of being friendly  2)  Flemish-language/architecture  3)  ...