Cafe avec un sucre shoz

Cafe avec un sucre shoz
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Generally when you order a coffee at a restaurant you get a complimentary sweet as well. No wonder I drink so much coffee. (Chalet Rouge)

Tooth update

Infection...gross. On antibiotics. In Belgium and I can't even drink any infamous Belgian brews bc of this darn tooth! The upside is this three week detox may enable me to lose some of the bread and cheese flab I appear to have acquired as of late.

Wisdom

I have nothing wise to offer aside from a few wise cracks. Nevertheless, my wisdom tooth is not playing well with his neighbors thereby causing me quite a bit of pain. Great way to start out my time in Brussels. Not to worry. I am taking care of it tomorrow at the dentist's office. Goodbye wisdom tooth...will I leave the doc a tiny bit dumber?

There it is...my wise crack.

So today I went for an interview to work w/a family as a part time nanny. Their main intent is for me to teach their daughter (2.5yrs), Andrea, English. If all goes well I will be staying in Brussels for as long as I can afford to. They would prefer at least 1.5 yrs...which is the perfect length of time for me to properly learn French.

Also, Kimberley told me about super cheap (150Euros) semester French as a second language class at the University here.

Brussels is the center of the EU and NATO. It is a political behemouth and this intices me. Not to mention this town has a plethora of networking opportunities.

We shant forget about all of the great beer here either. What is schmoozing without some boozing?

haha...here is the link: http://www.chateaulalinde.com/

Ok...Try not to be jealous!

Check out this link. I will be spending 5 Days here in the Dordogne at the end of April thanks to Kimberley. HOW LUCKY AM I????

Switzerland Smells Like Cheese

She may not be a movie star but when it comes to bein happy, we are.
Switzerland may not be as enthralling or seductive as glitzy Paris but that does not mean she is any less inspiring. Frankenstein was set along the Lake Geneva region; Lord Byron was influenced to write of a famous prisoner at Chateau Chillon (a Castle I visited...hope that is correct spelling); heck the Swiss even invented Absinthe.
Lausanne is a quiet town of approx. 120,000 residents who enjoy their cigarettes (indoors!), respect noise levels, and love their cheese. The last being my personal favorite.
My friend, Hannah, brought me way up in the mountains to a town called Gruyere for some true cheese fondue. Amazing. It looks like my other friend, Marie, is craving fondue for tomorrow night as well. If there is such a thing as cheese detox then I am going to need it after this week is over.
If you want to try a true Swiss meal, here it is:
Pork sausage with cabbage mixed in
Served on top of Leek and Potato
Dip in mustard (preferably FROM Dijon, France)
...Does not sound like much but I had this for lunch today and it was to die for.
Okay bedtime.
Love you all.
XOXO

Paris cannot let me go

Or is it the other way around?

Sorry for my absence...I have been lazing about Marie's apartment til the late afternoon practically every day. When I finally get out of the house it is suddenly the night. We joke that when I return home and people ask me what Paris was like I will respond with: "Dark".

The past couple of days I spent wandering around, getting lost, eating nutella and banana crepes, and peering into shop windows, salivating.

So I must share with you the cheesiest pickup line yet:

French Guy ¨Where are you from?¨

Me ¨Florida¨

FG ¨Did you bring Mickey with you?¨

Me ¨Au Revoir!¨

Obama is a well liked guy here and definitely a popular conversation topic. Several people have asked me what I think about him. Then they follow up with a reminder of how much they hated Bush. A dessert shop owner actually put on his 'Obama/Biden' pin when he found out I was American. He was very endearing as he informed his other customers that I was American. My new friend Jean Louis.

I am really enjoying Paris and the people are very nice. Decided to stay til Friday when I head to Switzerland.