Stranger No More

As I resolve to catch you up on my activities of the last month let me start by saying what a pleasure it has been to meet and travel with French people.

While traveling in Yunnan I met and took in the sites of Lijiang with Jean-Jacques. A spry fifty-something year old, he has been to over 100 countries and was as fascinating as he was kind.

More recently, while on holiday in Tibet, I met Dom and Karin when we were seated next to each other on the flight from Chengdu. From Normandy, France they live in and enjoy St. Barth in the Caribbean. Over the ten days we hung out and traveled around Tibet we quickly became friends. Easy-going but resolute with a strong passion for travel they are a delightful couple near my age and are planning to start a family soon. I wish them luck as they’ll be great parents.

When you travel, or in my case move, abroad you meet many different people from a variety of places. As with all human experiences personalities and compatabilities vary. It isn’t often that you consistently hit it off with all of the citizens of a nation but I’d just like to take a moment to acknowledge the French travelers I have recently encountered as great people.

Vive La France!