I'm going to post something. Not a big deal.

There really isn't much to report from Munich. On the one hand, it sucks. I don't speak German, everything is expensive if you don't already have Euros, and Munich turned out to be more like America than probably any other city we could have chosen. On the other hand, it's amazing. We have a swank ( Read more... )

After we left Paris, we got to Tournan-en-Brie and settled into the school.
We had an introductory dinner where we met the other students and were able to get to know one another. There are seven students in the class, including Ellen and I. Four of them sleep in the guest house that has the classroom in it, and Ellen and I have a somewhat ( Read more... )

We left Reims on Friday, and spent Friday night, Saturday, and this morning in Paris.

Ellen got some 72 hour cold back in Reims that's already cleared up, it never really stopped us from going out and having fun. The weather everwhere we've gone has been mostly the same: sunny some days, cloudy most days, slight chance of rain, good chance of ( Read more... )

Ellen and I left Lille two days ago and went to Reims (pronounced "RHANS"), France. We got a super cheap train ticket, even thought it involved six hours of travelling--a direct ticket would have been €60, we got ours for €22 per person. Ellen and I are doing a lot of bargain hunting and budgeting. So far I've only spent €450 ( ( Read more... )

Ellen and I both really like Mons, it's more working-class than Namur or Brussels, so it's less expensive and the people are nicer. The hostel is very nice (judging from the two hostels we've seen). They all have narrow little bunk-beds, cinder block walls, and tiny bathrooms. However, it's not at all bad because the hostels are all new, and are ( Read more... )

So here's the skinny for all those who don't yet know. Ellen and I are heading to Paris to get TEFL certification, and then (hopefully) teach English somewhere. We'll be leaving this Friday (10/26), flying into Brussels, and backpacking around for 16 days while we meander toward our school outside of Paris. The TEFL course will last four weeks, and ( Read more... )

When I woke up and removed the camera from my brain, this is what the tape revealed:

Dear Science ( Read more... )

Why Americans Own America ( Read more... )

I wanted to bring this discussion out of a comment I left in Jesse's lj ( Read more... )