I don’t think life gets any better than it is right this
moment. I’m sitting outside of a small French café eating and drinking;
watching the people stole by. This past week has been, by far, the best week in
France yet. The things we’ve seen and the people we’ve met have been simply
incredible.
With our final days in Toulouse we traveled, ate amazing food
and hung out with some very cool people. Probably one of the most interesting
moments last week was when we traveled to Rockford cheese to learn about the
rich history and unique process they use to make their world-famous cheeses.
Seeing the caves and all the cheese wheels wasn’t nearly as unique as meeting
the master ager of said cheese and the head of international business. I was
very humbled by the fact that two of the most important people at the facility
would take time out of their busy day to meet us and talk with us for a few
minutes, they are masters of their respective fields. I had a very interesting
conversation with the lady in charge of international business because for once
I final could finally hold a interesting conversation about something we were
learning about, biodiversity is a little over my head. I would love to be their
business partner and bring Rockford to Texas! (Like that’ll ever happen! But a
man can dream..) Another unique experience last week was visiting the cave
paintings in the mountains, I was again very humbled to see something that was
14,000 years old. Who gets to do that!? I like that we spent a lot of time
outside the classroom last week, I learned so much more walking around than I
ever did in a lecture. Our last night in Toulouse was spent out on the town
with our good friend Elie, man did we have a good time eating Lebanese food and
enjoying the night life one last time.
Okay now we are in PARIS! Holy crap I never thought I would
fall in love with a city so fast, well aside from Barcelona. Everyone I have
talked to so far has been incredibly nice and willing to help me get through
the language barrier; still kicking myself for not knowing more French. So far
we have seen the Louve, Notre Dame and parts of the Eifel Tower; man is this
city beautiful. I really enjoyed visiting the outside of Notre Dame, I could
probably sit there all day in the sun and people watch like I did yesterday. I
look forward to see what the rest of this city has to offer and I’m sure that I
wont have a shortage of things to write about as the week continues.
Fair well
for now,
Anthony
Bourdain (I wish)
“I eat, I
write, I drink and I’m hungry for more”
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