I tried and tried to keep from posting anything until we got this thing looking the way we wanted, but I just can't do it! Unfortunately for me and my writing mood, but probably fortunately for you, I also realize that I have to compose myself and not write down everything Lisa and I have said or done involving this trip. For now, I will keep it to a brief introduction.
Lisa and I are going to Paris!! We have talked about this trip for some double digit amount of years and it is now un-get-out-able. There are some crazy people in "the Barcelona office" sitting at their computers right now tappy tapping away figuring out what 400 pound man to seat between Lisa and I on the plane and ensuring that the hotel staff not give us coffee or eggs unless properly requested en francais.
The joke is on them, though! Lisa is already Miss Francey Pants thanks to our high school foreign language requirement and I have enough determination and French blood to be able to learn quite a bit in the next 5 months. I will start with "cafe" and "
oeufs brouillés." There, done. Back to the point... Given that we have until November to over analyze every minute detail of Paris and over excite ourselves, we have decided to track everything here for everyone's enjoyment or dismay. The good news is that it will not lack for dry wit and general hilarity. Stay tuned to see how we will make the blogging work while we are actually in Paris. I figure that, with two Aggie degrees between us and an overabundance of internet cafes, we can make it work. Otherwise, we can always find some guy named Philippe, lure him with our collective and inescapable southern charm, and make him write our blog for us from his trendy French laptop. If the blog gets suddenly snobbish, uses the word "voila" to a ridiculous extent, and mentions something about France being able to oust Hitler without our help, you will know we have resorted to the latter option. I hope y'all enjoy it! We certainly will!!!!Aimee
