(Emilie, I hope this is correct!) It was a whirlwind weekend in Lyon, and I return to the US very tired but full of happiness! Everyone was so kind at Version Scrap! This was the first time for the event in Lyon, so the venue was smaller and there were only a few teachers, so it was nice to be able to get to know people better. I am so appreciative for the students who come and take a class from someone who doesn't speak their language. Even though I had Emilie (a wonderful translator!) it is still not the same as learning from someone who speaks your language. I have new friends from all over France and from Switzerland too! I hope to be able to return to your beautiful city!
Here are some pictures of my classes...
The classrooms are all open to one another, but it works and went really well. Much of the thanks for running smoothly goes to Benedicte and Clara for organizing and taking care of me and to Emilie for her patient translation...
Two of my new friends are Ana and Manuela, fellow teachers at the event.
There is lots of shopping for the students... I wish I had more time to shop there!
One evening, Ana took me to get a glimpse of the city at night... it is so beautiful!
Then we went to dinner at the home of Marie-Dominique, the founder of the French magazine Histoires de Pages. It was a lovely evening and so much fun to have dinner at home with her family and friends. We had a delicious meal but the desserts were the stars! Oh my! We could not choose just one, so she cut them into pieces so we could ahve lots of tastes. Then her daughters made crepes... oo la la!
I am very thankful for friendships all over the world! I am thankful too for Anais and all she does to make Version Scrap such a good event! (Can you tell it was the last picture of the weekend and that we were very tired by the bags under our eyes?)
I had a 2:30am wake up call this morning and headed out for a very early flight back to the US. It was so nice to say "see you soon" instead of goodbye!
Debby, it was so great to meet you! Your classes were great and I love everything we made.
Let me know if you ever visit Switzerland! Hopefully we'll see each other at another event like this in the future.
I hope you have an uneventful trip early and that you are able to rest a bit....
Tanya Jaquet (Geneva)
Posted by: TanyA | March 05, 2012 at 12:52 AM
What a great group of women you met. I think it is so nice that you were able to go to the home of Marie-Dominique. It's so nice to be able to actually be in the home of someone from the country where you are visiting. Love the pictures and the fact that you had such a good time even though you are exhausted now. safe home.
Posted by: Deb J | March 05, 2012 at 08:25 AM
hi Debby, I was really proud to have such a talented educator as neighbor of workshop. It was a great pleasure to make you discover a little Lyon By Night, I hope the next time we have more time to show some "treasures" of this town.
On Friday morning I was very impressed, I did not dare to come to see you, and finally I was very pleasantly surprised by your kindness and your simplicity.
Posted by: Ana | March 06, 2012 at 01:19 AM
Debby, I was only able to follow one of your classes, but what a class!! I thoroughly enjoyed myself (still have a smile on my face thinking about it :)) ), finished the gorgeous mini album the following day (that is without the photos, still need to find the perfect pictures). It was great to meet you and I really hope to be able to sign up for another(other) course(s) somewhere in Europe in the coming year.
Nathalie (Switzerland)
Posted by: Stenamo | March 08, 2012 at 08:14 AM