Eric Ian and myself all felt like taking the path less taken...and we did... and this is just a glimpse of some of the things that happened. It was an amazing experience and I think we can all agree that we learned a lot about ourselves... and of our surroundings. We did not know what we where looking for but we found an amazing ...and a bit dangerous adventure. I loved every min. of yesterday and we will soon be making the journey again. By the way... we did not come from this journey with out somthing to remember it by... we are all cut up from the barbs and just goofing off. We even made a new friend...Bruno! He is a cute little Beagle that acted as our gardian angel and made sure we where ok before he left us. I am loving France more and more. there are sure to be more photos of this wonderful place and I can't wait! OH... for all of you who want to see more pics go to Owen's blog. I am following his blog and it should not be hard to find. He has an amazing camera and you realy should take a look at all that he has.

My amazing ring i bought today!!! It is sterling silver and is made of three different kinds of Amber. I had it sized a bit smaller for me. The guy who sold it to me did it for me in 5 min. and i loved it from the moment i saw it. this picture does it no justice. I LOVE THIS RING.....just as much as i love cheese --go on my myspace to get better pics of it.

yep you guessed it... it's me with my little French hat on standing on our... i guess you would call it our stone deck? that is our back yard were our white goat name Blanket roams... I pet her and don't worry there will be pictures of her soon.

We have Reached High... and we are Going Farther.... Would you expect any less?

(from left to right: Myself, Matt and Ian)


-please notice the star in the distance and try to imagine what it was like standing here... with the full moon at our side.

This may just look like some cheese on a napkin to you... but this is heaven to me. Seriously i have never really loved cheese (probably because i never had the opportunity to have such amazing cheese) but this cheese is what i look forward to at dinner. here is a combination of Cow, Goat, and Sheep cheese. Sheep is the softest but the strongest. I think the Goat cheese may be my favorite but they are all so good. ... so that is enough about cheese...if you wanna know what it is all called to try some your self let me know. Better yet, come to France and taste for yourself...then you may not think I am crazy for spending so much time talking about cheese.

This is of the night we had our little music party.
Jim Donovan, Chuck Olsen and Jeremy Olsen (from right to left) were all singing and playing songs for us. It was pretty amazing and they even let us keep the drum. Almost every night you can here tribal beets echoing from the dinning room where Ian and Eric play to there souls content. Jim Donovan is actually pretty famouse and it was an honor to meet him, he was a member of the band "Rusted Root"-One of there most famous songs is "send me on my way" which can be heard in the movie Ice Age. Anyway we all really had a great time and I wish they could have stayed longer.

So her I am in Albi munching on the first thing I bought in France, a raspberry tarlet (small pie).
It was so amazing and thanks to Eric and Matt I was able to rush to the bakery and buy the last one! I was so impressed i had to get Ian to take a picture of me eating it. If your ever in France I highly recommend getting one... and I am sure Eric and Matt will agree with me.

Our first day at Nadine's for lunch. We go there every Thursday and get really good food and ice cream! I had a thing called a Tostie which was basically hot ham with bread and cheese in a sandwich but the cheese was on the outside and inside...translation: Delicious. So from left to right is Shelly, myself, Lea, and my room mate Lindsy. Owen is taking the picture. As you can see we are all drinking water. Water is pretty the only thing anyone drinks around here...ever. That and wine which we have the option to drink but i am not a big fan. The water in Ambialet is so amazing. Behind us are the post cards, some of which I bought and will be shipping out as soon as it stops porring and I can get some stamps. Well that is about all I think I can say for this picture... Next!

This is my first Post

I am in France....Finally! I am having an amazing time and I hope that my family and any future student looking to study abroad in France can get a lot out of these posts and the pictures that will posting shortly.