I visited a large memorial to the soldiers of World War 1 in France. It was a memorial of war and peace. At the time of construction, it was thought that the first world was the end of all great wars. But they certainly thought wrong...

I saw the dates of birth and death of some of these soldiers, and I was rather struken. Because only the last two numbers of their year of birth were shown, it's not certain which generation they are from, and it resembled the birthdates of my generation. And I realized how much I didn't want to see my generation displayed like this.

But unfortunetly, the war in Iraq continues, and people my age are begining to go overseas.

War is hell. There's no question to it. And the people who decided to take my country into war, will not even be affected by it. It's the poor, and the middle class that are fighting this war.

Perhaps history is too easily forgotten...

Well, I've been in France for two months now, and things are going great. I have a great host family, a nice high school, and I live in a nice, small, historic village in the north east.

The language is going extremely well for me, and I keep learning more each day. I've even had a couple dreams in French!

High school is easy going, and I've made a lot of friends, I'm never bored. Although, I must say that the days are quite long here. Sometimes I get out of school at 6 pm!

I went to Paris for the first time last weekend, and it was awesome. It's such a beautiful and historic city. I ate some Indian food too, haha, but the quality was weak because I chose n'importe quelle restaurant. But nice to have some anyways.

I hope things are going well for everyone, and if you are in Europe, be sure to drop a line, maybe we can meet up!

Take it easy, and indeed, take it global

PS. I've very excited for the WSIS in November!

I'm at the Champs d'Elysees in Paris in the photo!