Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Me, a baguette, and one change of clothes

Twenty years ago, after one year of university at Carleton, I decided I'd had enough of Ottawa -- a familiar feeling. On my way into the library to study I happened upon a poster that said, "Study in France." So off I went, to Universite canadienne en France, a branch of Laurentian University that was set up on a low mountain overlooking the aquamarine Mediterranean and the gritty Riviera resort town of Nice. I took with me one suitcase, a bike that was too big (built for Rod, my 6'4" stepdad), and no clue what I was doing. I was 19. It was a riotous year of travel and wine (and a little study).

This week, as I'm thinking of leaving Ottawa again, an old friend from that year fired off an e-mail with a link to our old French campus -- now an exclusive private resort. I think I'd have to take more clothes if I visited now, and nice shoes.

>> Visit Mont Leuze and see for yourself.

3 Comments:

Blogger The Bizarre Jokester said...

nice blog!

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Anonymous monaco90 said...

I attended UCF in 1989-90 and will forever be nostalgic for those days of carefree adventure. Every so often I'm tempted to visit Mt. Leuze but fear I won't like what I find or that it will taint my memories.

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