(The title is just something I have adopted, after hearing a student say it. He wanted to say “it’s no big deal,” and so he translated the French “c’est pas grave” literally. I love it.)

So Joe and I spent a lovely weekend in Alsace, being wined and dined and chauffeured all around. We also popped into the Vosges and Bouxwiller apartments just to see how things were going there, but unfortunately the answer was “not well.” Happily, the rest of the city looks lovely with all the decorations (and vin chaud!), and I think they even scraped up all the dog poop.

And now I return to fretting about my lesson plans, and my unfinished statement of purpose. (What is my purpose, anyway? It would probably be helpful to know.) I wish it weren’t grave, but I fear it is.

Posted in Alsace, France, Joe, Strasbourg, photos by rachel