Just in case you did not get enough of me yesterday, I am back once again to whet your appetite for more information from France. Now, I know what you are thinking-how could I possibly have more to say? Well, trust me, this will be short, but it is important to me so I want to share it with you all.
In my haste to describe the past two weeks, I left out one major detail from my trip in Paris. While there I had the chance to meet with Francois Marot, the editor of National Geographic France. Many thanks to Ann Woolner for helping facilitate this rendez-vous. Monsieur Marot offered me the incredible opportunity to become the magazine's American correspondent in Brittany. This means that every week I will post a short article to the website, focusing on the many amazing cultural and intellectual facets of French society that I discover during my time here. I am so thankful for this chance, and while I do have to write in French, which is a work in progress, I am excited for the opportunity.
So, my first article is up on the website, and I wanted to post the link here for those that are interested. It is written in French, but at the least you can see my beautiful photo (which will eventually be replaced with a better one, hard to believe I know) and see my name printed at the bottom. And for those ambitious ones out there, I imagine a quick Google translate will allow you to get the jist of the article. This first one is about Ultimate Frisbee in France; surprising I know, that I would write about Frisbee, but as it is relatively unknown here I figured it was a good starting point. Well hope you enjoy, and in the future a new article will be posted every Friday to the website. If you go to nationalgeographic.fr, then click on the link actualites, you will see the headline posted.
http://www.nationalgeographic.fr/actualite/un-americain-a-vannes-episode-1-lultimate/7911892/
Your friendly American-Brittany correspondent
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