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This week, the fine folks from our host country are running French National Week on campus, and they have just loaded us with activities: “Grand Cru” wine tasting tonight, a visit and talk from the CEO of Louis Vuitton, Altis Semiconductor plant tour tomorrow, followed by dinner, models descending from Paris on Thursday night for a fashion show and champagne cocktail party, culminating on Friday with a private tour of the Louvre and “Glamourous Party” on the Champs-Elysées. Whew, as if our schedule wasn’t packed enough, how are we ever going to get anything done?

In honor of this week, we here at the chateau have instituted French language only.  So while the SNCF (French Railroad System) is officially on strike (again), we will be mouthing off about them en français.  For the folks, ake that folk, here who don’t know French, well, c’est dommage.