Making Connections

On the bus from the CDG airport to the Montparnasse trainstation, I must have seen this advertisement 15 times. I think it's powerful. It stayed in my head, at least.

The husband of one of the 6 American Consuls in France works at SYA. I met him. I can't tell you how refreshing it was to talk to him. I haven't had a conversation like that...ever...to my recollection. Every single thing that he said was extremely interesting! Not that I havne't had a conversation where everything was interesting - but it was all...FRESH. New. Absolutely new to my ears. And the best part was he is an adult and treated me like a peer. I imagine he's in his early/mid 30's. He invited me over to his house, where I met his wife and newborn daughter. They gave me contact information in the US Embassy in Jordan, where Virginia had her first State Department job.

I love France!

Interesting stuff I learned about today:
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/index_fr.htm
http://amman.usembassy.gov/user/default.aspx
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1149.html