On August 31, 2009, my family and I embarked on an adventure of a lifetime, nine months of living, working, and studying in Toulouse, France. Shawn, an associate professor of Geography at K‐State, and I are working at Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture de Purpan, or just Purpan for short. Our children, Mitchell (age 8) and Marleigh (age 6) are attending French public elementary school.