Mon Frere et Moret sur Loing

Well, I decided to add a few more photos from Nathan's trip to France. Though he only spent 4 days in our petite village, it was enough to see the sights in the nearby area. Besides Grez sur Loing, our favorite petite village was Moret sur Loing. So, to commemorate Nathan's trip and the town of Moret, some photos.

The bridge over the Loing river.

The opposite angle of the river...and Le Vieux Mulin. This chateau, arched over the Loing river, housed a few INSEAD graduate students for the year. C'est fantastique.

Finalment, mon frere sur la pointe.

Catching Up: April 2006

April brought on the second half of Period 4 and start of massive amounts of job search work. With hundreds of companies coming to campus, the work load was intense which explains why I let the blog slip for a few...well, 8 months.

Our camera broke for a portion of April and we don't have pictures of a wonderful vacation with our Norweigen friends, Eskild and Karina. We made a 4 day journey to Normandy and stayed in the picturesque town of Honfleur. This classic seaside harbor-town is a must-see. The capstone of the trip was a excellent day with Marc and his family. Originally from Normandy, this ex-French foreign legion officer and family were awesomes hosts for the four of us.

One of the highlights was my brother Nathan winning the 2006 Outback Challenge in Morocco. Nathan was kind enough to fly in and out of Paris on his way to kicking some butt in Morocco. Nathan navigated and Scott drove a competition ready Toyota 4x4 truck. Not bad when you win the 6 day race by 6+ hours. Official Results

Thank you to Nathan's French colleague, Patrice, for rigging a sturdy vehicle.


Their truck, ready to rock and roll. 

Here is Nathan returning from a sandy but victorious week in Morocco.


Sandy but safe. 

We had two days to show Nathan around the French countryside...and the small towns nearby. This is Moret sur Loing.


Brothers in front of the Moret sur Loing gate. 

Catching Up: March 2006

One of my favorite classes at INSEAD was Strategies for Product & Service Design. INSEAD partners with the # 1 design school in the world, Art Center College of Design. We study jointly with design students and our semester brought Nokia to campus for joint design work on...well, I can't tell you what we worked on due to our highly secretive developments...and our NDA. In any case, we made a trip to Los Angeles to visit the Art Center and some well-known design studios in California.

Rebecca joined me and spent most of her time auditioning for Lost. During one of her breaks...


Living it up in LA. 

The ladies club spent one of our LA days at Universal Studios. After winning the pose-off contest, Rebecca was offered a job on the spot. Sadly, she had to turn it down to return to France...c'est la vie?


No, that is not Dustin in the spiderman outfit. Thanks for asking. 

Happy Holidays 2006

Tardy. I'll update the blog this week. Finally. After much ado about nothing, I have finally taking back to the blogging business. It's only been 8 months...well, I need to finish the story of our lives in France and update the blog with the continuation of our lives in Austin, Texas. Les Hindmans with a "Yee haw".

Merry Christmas to all that have stopped by our blog. Whether you are in England, France, India, Australia, Panama, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium, USA or any of the other exciting locations, please know we are thinking about you and wishing you a very happy and safe holiday season.