Teachering

I had an interesting weekend (went to Autun with Cricket) and I will have to upload those photos sometime...we went to a concert called "La Deuxieme Nuit de les Pionnieres de Rock." Roughly translated as: The Pioneers of Rock, Part 2. I was afraid this was going to be a pretty scary sort of techno/disco/Eurorock. It was nothing of the sort.

Apparently the "pioneers" of rock include John Denver, Johnny Cash, and most of all: ELVIS. I can not explain in words or with photos the absolute hilarity of French people dressed like Americans from the 1950s. There were leather vests, tight jeans, cowboy boots & hats, Elvis hair-dos, big belt buckles and a guy with a t-shirt that said: "Booze Rockers."

To add to the irony - this was the beginning of the cultural calendar in Autun. It was not ballet, opera, philosophy lectures, or an orchestra. It was 1950s American rock. And the Autunois paid 35 euros each to come see it...go figure! I found it extremely comical :-)

On Sunday I went to church in Autun with the Griffiths and their oldest daughter was in town with the drama troupe she travels with. (Her name is Jessica). So she and the other two members of the troupe (it's called Covenant Players...Christian drama troupes in Europe & the states) are staying with us right now. And I think Jessica is coming home to live & work in January, so we can hang out. She seems pretty hilarious and I think we'll get along well!

I've had 2 classes so far today, but they both went fairly well. Hopefully the trend will continue...I'm just always a little bit nervous, and I always want the kids to like my class, lol...but they're going to help me with French and I'll teach them English conversation and hopefully we'll all be happy at the end of it!

Dad/Mom: hope the apartment project has been going well and is not weighing on your minds! are you getting some of those things on your list taken care of??
Philip: is XC still going on? are you having fun? how's the rest of school treating you?
Andrew: sorry to hear about the move...but let's pray for the best!
Nathaniel: good to hear from you again!!

mwah!