Once upon a time this blog was dedicated to the Hamilton life abroad. Kyle and I lived in Metz, France for 13 months right after getting married. What took us to Europe? Kyle had the opportunity to complete his Georgia Tech master's degree in electrical engineering at the institute's campus in Lorraine as well as earn a master's degree in physics, photonics, and plasmas from the French grande école, Supélec. I received a position working as an English teacher in two elementary schools in the messin neighborhoods of Grange-aux-bois and Marly. We had a wonderful time living in the dorms, depending on public transportation and bicycles, making friends from all over the world, exploring Europe together, learning how to live and work in France, and developing our French language skills. If you'd like to read more about our travels, please scroll down the sidebar to find the "Labels" and click "ad-FRENCH-ure" for all those entries.
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| Our home: ALOES building G |
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| Our church home: Temple Neuf |
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| Our church home: The sanctuary |
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| Kyle's Work: Playing music on the porch and being studious at Georgia Tech Lorraine (the building you see across Lac Symphonie) |
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| Leah's Work: Entering this schoolyard each week and dropping some English language knowledge on many a petit élève |
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| Leah's Work: Inspiring the youngsters to express their love for English even when quoting Michael Jackson with missing verbs and misspellings... Also, collecting treasured art for home decor |
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| Domestic Devoirs: Chef Hamilton is in his element having adapted to the tiny kitchen featuring one burner, a toaster oven, and a bookshelf turned pantry. |
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| Domestic Devoirs: Leah scrubs every dirtied dish by hand in the reliable little sink using authentic French Palmolive. |
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| Mode of Transportation: Lance Armstrong yellow street bike |
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| Mode of Transportation: Barbie Dream bike (sans streamers and basket) |
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| Why France? Easy~pastries & coffee... |
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| ... or chocolat chaud if that's what you're into. |
