Bonjour à tous! Just wanted to let everyone know that I arrived in Lyon safely and on time- in fact my trip couldn't have gone any better, (except maybe in the airline food department- salmon might have been the wrong choice, but the chicken didn't look much better...) My CS hosts, Jean-Rémi and Nathalie, are so nice and have a cute apartment, which I have had to myself since 1:30 p.m. (I arrived here at 12:30 p.m.) until they get home from work later tonight. This works out perfectly, as I could then shower, check emails, and rest a bit (or a lot, as it turned out). I was so tired that I broke the rule of international travel of staying up until it's bedtime in the country you've just flown to, and succombed to a three hour nap on their comfy couch. We'll have to wait and see how that affects my sleep tonight, but it was a damn good nap! There is another American assistant and an Austrailian girl coming over tonight for dinner (both through CS) and there's a big pot of ratatouille slow-cooking on the stove, so that should be delicious! Tomorrow I'm hoping to reactivate my cell phone and wander around a bit, and tomorrow evening there is a huge get-together with most of the other assistants in the city. And I suppose I should start looking for a place to live!

That will have to be all for now; I'm having trouble navigating the French keyboard! I mean come on, home row is 'asdf,' not 'qsdf'! And don't get me started on punctuation...!