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This Month’s Highlights ! AIT Escambi -Nov 18th, 6:30pm Thanksgiving Recipe Swap Word from the Board Our monthly Get together - Page 2 Time to start using FB- Page 3 page 2 Walks with Elyse -2 tours this month Book Club - Nov 18th 10:00am Ambassadors + Babysitters info - page 5 Half a Yellow Sun - page 6 page 8 Baseball initiation - page 4 WWI Memorial - Page 7 Classifeds !Regionals this weekend American soldiers died for Toulouse page 9

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THANKSGIVING A WORD FROM THE BOARD

Dear AIT members and friends, Though you wouldn’t know it from the weather, November is here. This weekend is there are Baseball regionals around Toulouse and a Wine and Culinary convention at the Parc des Expositions. There are two walks with Elyse this month and if you like history, a visit to a memorial !celebrating the Fallen American Soldiers who fought in Toulouse during WWI. We would love to pump some life into our Facebook page.so this month we are preposing a Thanksgiving holiday recipe swap or you can just post your best Thanksgiving !shopping tips. Hope to see everybody at our monthly Escambi on the 18th, and have a happy !Thanksgiving. Kurt Witcher (member) and your AIT executive committee

AIT Escambi* Apero! Our monthly get together for a drink and good conversation. Tuesday, November 18th 18h30-21h00 at “ Au Chabrot “ Wine Bar 9 rue Cujas Toulouse, near place de la Bourse (metro/parking Esquirol) -Google Map - ! RSVP not required

*Escambi means “exchange” in Occitan. It takes place the 3rd Tuesday of each month. THANKGIVING Holiday Recipe Swap

Finally! Thanksgiving is here. Many American’s favorite holiday. But also a difficult one to celebrate in France if you can’t find the right ingredients for your perfect Thanksgiving Feast. But this is what we built the AIT community for. We are calling all AIT members to go to our Facebook page and share your favorite France friendly recipes and give tips on how to get My tip. You need to order your everything one might need for a wonderful turkey (or Dinde) preferably 2 weeks in advance from the Butcher holiday meal. And confirm your order one week in advance. The giant E leclerc in https://www.facebook.com/groups/ has never let me down. If you wait too long, you will be eating 271212283060687/ chicken.

Also, check out MyAmericanMarket for all your impossible to get items that make Thanksgiving abroad feel like an all American feast. More information can be found on the next page.

PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST COUNSELLOR Isabelle Daudy, M.A. 34 Boulevard d'Arcole, 31000 Toulouse Systemic couple and family therapist. Short and long term work in English or French. Registered with UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS), Midi- Pyrénnées (N° ADELY: 31 00 0392 6) http://www.counsellinginfrance.com/ THERAPISTS&COACHES/IsabelleDaudy.htm My American Market

! You can enjoy your traditional American Thanksgiving dinner abroad with My American Market! Shop for your favorite holiday foods, including cranberry sauce, canned pumpkin, stuffing, cornbread mix, Karo syrup, Keebler pie crusts, yams, fried onions, marshmallows, cream of mushroom soup, and more! Visit our store now: www.myamericanmarket.com/us

BASEBALL NEWS

Currently, there are five clubs in the Region (Duckies Léguevin, Dragons, Stade Toulousain Baseball, Bears Toulouse and Montauban Orioles). We have classes for children and adults, and softball for women. The League is also very interested to integrate events to promote preferred by the Americans in the Midi-Pyrenees region, including Toulouse sport. They invite you to their next event, "The Challenge Midi-Pyrenees Baseball" where 6 teams will compete for the regional section. It will take place on November 1 and 2 on the baseball field to the green area Argoulets, Montauban and Léguevin from 10:00. This will be a good opportunity to make a first approach. WALKS WITH ELYSE

“When Toulouse Tried to be Paris“- a look at the lovely architecture from Nouveau, to Grand Style to Deco as an imitation of Parisian architecture Wednesday November 12th at 10am - noon - Beginning of rue Alsace Lorraine (metro Jeanne d'Arc, line B) ToulouseGuidedWalks is very happy to announce a revisiting of one of our favorites – a look at the architecture and details of the buildings of the 19th century, part of the rich heritage of the “new” Toulouse. What happened in the second half of the 19th century that made Toulouse completely change its style of architecture? Why are some lovely buildings made not of the orange brick of medieval Toulouse but of a pale beige yellow brick? Have you ever noticed that some of the elegant buildings on the large avenues ressemble Parisian buildings? What happened that suddenly, after centuries of Toulouse style, the city started to look like an imitation Paris? And what about the curves over the doorways, the iron railings, the colored ceramic used as decoration – where did all that come from? Come and join me for this lovely morning of discovery – how the strange mix of old and new was redefined in Toulouse and how the city's architects managed to incorporate some art nouveau, some regionalism styles, some art more or less deco, in a pastiche of “northern” architecture. Walk up and down some city streets and discover the many small details of houses that you might have never noticed before. We should have a lovely morning for this walk – So come and sign up soon. See you all there on Wednesday, the 12th of November 15€/person. Reservations required Contact Elyse for Toulouse guided walks at [email protected] to reserve your spot soon!

Voluptuous Orientalism: the paintings of Benjamin Constant Friday November 21st from 10am - noon ToulouseGuidedWalks is very happy to announce that we are going to have a second date for the guided visit of the fabulous new exhibit of painting at the Augustins museum of Toulouse.A rare, joint venture with the Museum of Art of Montreal in Canada, with a collection of rarely seen canvases by one of the masters of Orientalist painting, this is a really special occasion! Benjamin Constant was an artist first trained in Toulouse who went on to have an international career. His works are in the Orsay museum in Paris as well as in many museum collections all over France and in North America. His work, figurative and colorful, very sensual, lent itself to a new mode or movement in painting that was in vogue at the end of the 19th century: Orientalism. This movement was inspired by the voyages of some artists who traveled to Morocco, Egypt and Algeria and found the landscape, the colors, the light and the “exotic” women much to their taste. After coming back to France many artists spent a few years painting with live models and also from their imaginations; scenes of women in harem, odalisques (see the work of Ingres) or battle scenes with the Moors and their horses as central figures. Benjamin Constant became famous for his works and many were bought up by rich families from North America. There are a couple of his major works in the collection of the Augustins, but this is the first time that so many of his works are being put together in a major exhibit! The colors are beautiful, the work is resplendent, the view of women is very 19th century, and these works offer an opportunity to travel to a strange, partially imaginary world. Come and join me for this wonderful morning program. We will be able to see the works before too many people show up later in the day – this is going to be a very popular exhibit. All spots need to be reserved and pre-paid for this special event. Please contact Elyse as soon as possible to reserve. Contact her at [email protected] or contact her at her Facebook page for ToulouseGuidedWalks. (do not send a check until your reservation has been confirmed) Looking forward to seeing you there for this incredible show of Orientalism painting. 25€/person. (exhibit and guide fee) Reservations required Contact Elyse for Toulouse guided walks at [email protected] Some fun podcasts ! this month at ! Join Us in France by Annie and Elyse Subscribe to the podcast www.joinusinfrance.com Itunes Stitcher

EPISODE 36 CHOCOLATE AND MACAROONS Another in a series of podcasts on French food ! EPISODE 38 Bayeux in Normandy

They take you to Bayeux, the prettiest little city in lower Normandy and also a place where everyone seems to speak English! !

! AIT READING GROUP Tuesday, November 18th, 10:30am With !effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal! moment in modern African history: Half a Yellow Sun Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish Book by Chimamanda Adichie an independent! republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We Join us! The discussion experience! this tumultuous decade commences over coffee and alongside five unforgettable characters: connues through lunch, oen Ugwu,! a thirteen-year-old houseboy who unl 2 or 3 pm.it will be held at works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of! revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the the home of Zinka Smailagich in professor’s beautiful young mistress who Cote Pave - Ave. Jean Chaubet. has abandoned! her life in Lagos for a The me is from 10h30 to 14h30 . dusty! town and her lover’s charm; and Her apartment is between and Downtown Richard, a shy young Englishman (bus line 16). infatuated! with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the Contact Zinka [email protected] for more info promise, buy it on Amazonhope, and disappointment of the and to inform her about your contribuon Biafran war. towards lunch. FYI. If you want to join Gerard, Erika and Pascel, they will be in the cimetière de Terre-Cabane to honor the memory of six US soldiers on November 11th around 2pm.

Bonjour à tous, A l'occasion des cérémonies qui marquent le centenaire de la guerre 14-18 et qui s'étaleront jusqu'en 2018, je souhaitais vous rappeller l'existence d'une stèle érigée en 1919 à la mémoire de 6 soldats américains décédés à Toulouse des suites de leurs graves blessures durant la Grande Guerre. Celle-ci se trouve au cimetière de Terre-Cabade. Régulièrement et plusieurs fois par an particulièrement le 11 novembre à France-Etats-Unis, nous honorons leur mémoire en nous rendant sur cette très belle stèle avec les porte-drapeaux disponibles pour nous recueillir etdé poser un bouquet de fleurs. Sur une des 4 faces sont gravés les noms de ces 6 soldats et l'âge de 5 d'entre eux. Nous n'avons pu retrouver l'âge du dernier dans nos recherches, il avait probablement entre 20 et 22 ans : -John Mac Glory 28 ans -Ernest Wheller 31 ans -John Kerns 27 ans -James Burns 25 ans -Frank Klemm 22 ans -Jess T.Fines ? Sur la 2° face est gravée cette phrase : '' Erected May 30th 1919 by George FORD Daddy of the American Boys Funds donated by Americans in Toulouse ''. Nous savons que les corps ont été enterrés provisoirement non loin de l'endroit où se trouve cette stèle et ensuite rapatriés aux USA.Leurs tombes portaient les n° 1,3,5,7,9,11. Afin de perpétuer leur mémoire et compte-tenu que nous nous trouvons au début des cérémonies du centenaire de cette guerre, je vous propose, si cela vous est possible, de vous joindre à nous. Erika, sous -officier réserviste de l'armée américaine nous accompagnera avec son drapeau US. Je vous remercie et vous dis à bientôt. Amicalement, Gérard AUDAY VP France-Etats-Unis en charge des Commémorations

Déborah de Camaret, M.F.C.C. Did you know? Clinical Psychologist: Marriage, Family, Child Counselor The Every year the new stock Psychodynamic, systemic, and cognitive of Beaujolais Nouveau is sold behavioral approaches on the third thursday of Registered with the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, California November to celebrate the Member of FF2P end of the wine making Bilingual: English and French. season. Telephone: 05 31 54 12 91 or 06 28 06 79 34 20, Quai de Tounis - 31000 ,Toulouse AIT MEMBER CLASSIFIEDS

Toulouse Quaker Meeting International Child Care -Religious Society of Friends- Tour de Babille is an international mini-crèche (max Silent worship followed by a bilingual potluck lunch 10 children) in the north of Toulouse, which opened the first Sunday of each month in Toulouse at the in February 2014. The crèche is in the village of Le Ancien Eglise Reformée de Toulouse near Place du Grès, on the border of the and Grenade Capitole - 70 Rue Pargaminières. districts. Cultural and linguistic diversity is one of the Please contact Kim Chevalier pillars of our project introducing the child to 4 (05 61 96 79 55 or [email protected]) languages. Our international team consists of French, for more info. http://toulousequakers.org English, German and Spanish staff. For more info see Interpreter Services www.latourdebabille.com Are you new to Toulouse and need someone to help interpret the local language, be your sightseeing The Anglican Church in Toulouse guide, or, perhaps you need administrative work done English speaking weekly Sunday services begin at so you can do business locally? 10:30. All are asked to show up on time so service Hi, my name is Sana Edoja. I’m a French and English can start promptly. Holy Communion is given twice a Interpreter who can help you with settling down in month on the second and fourth Sundays of each Toulouse as well as provide you with administrative month. There is fellowship after the service. Children services: typing, filing, phone calling, and email. I can assist you in communicating with various are encouraged to attend as there is a service for them. businesses and local authorities. The website is http://churchinmidipa.org/ Telephone me from abroad: 00 33 6 61 08 99 56, or Chaplaincy of Midi-Pyrénées and Aude, our ministry locally in France: 06 61 08 99 56 covers South West France from the Aveyron to the Email: [email protected] Aude and from the Lot into Tarn and Garonne. French Lessons à la Carte Alcoholics Anonymous I am a french, self-employed linguistic trainer and I Drink problem? Maybe we can help. There are have an extensive experience teaching French to English speaking Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on foreigners (FLE). I can help you to practice written Mondays at 20h at the Centre Social, and oral French, and can help you practice mock Avenue du Cordé, in L'isle Jourdain. interviews, train and coach you for future telephone Contact Sara or John at 05 34 47 24 87. conversations with an employer. Job Offer See my ad in the newsletter. Call me! Sylvie Isorce – 06.10.08.18.01 Je cherche actuellement une secrétaire/assistante anglophone (et bilingue français) à temps partiel pour Help Line m'aider dans mon cabinet. Feel like talking? SOS Help, an English speaking Je recherche une personne ayant une expérience en crisis line in France, is open from 3 pm to 11 pm secrétariat (qui puisse donc être à l'aise avec les daily. Call us up to talk about anything on your logiciels de bureautique) avec des qualités rédactionnelles aussi bien en anglais qu'en français. mind– from loneliness to stress to concerns about integrating into a new culture. We are here to listen Une expérience (ou connaissances) en droit serait appréciée mais non nécessaire. Call us at 01 46 21 46 46 or visit us online at www.soshelpline.org Prière de me faire parvenir CV et lettre de motivation à l’adresse: [email protected]

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For anyone who AIT Ambassadors loves Wine and Your AIT ambassador is looking forward to meeting French delicacies you! If you have just arrived or if you would like to (which I think is meet other AIT members in your area, we invite most of us). you to contact your nearest AIT ambassador. TOULOUSE CENTER ! Jonathan KLINGLER +(33)7 81 86 56 96 The Salon Vins et Terroirs is at the [email protected] Parc des Expositions until Sunday the L'UNION, , ST-ALBAN David SARGENT +(33)06 82 89 98 87 2nd [email protected] --SEILH Need a Babysitter? (NEW!) Michèle FAURE +(33)6 61 20 38 56 [email protected] AIT has a list of sitters who, between them, GRENADE-CADOURS-LEVIGNAC cover a lot of territory around Toulouse. Jerome ANGLES +(33)6 62 57 35 24 Call now, helpful sitters are standing by. [email protected] Aussonne Michèle Faure - 06 61 20 38 56 - PLAISANCE DU TOUCH Jean-Louis & Isabelle LAMOTTE Balma [email protected] Sivac, Paul - 05 61 24 60 52 +(33)5 61 07 22 58 Colomiers COLOMIERS-BLAGNAC Mansell, Warren - 05 34 56 30 01 Frédéric LEROUX +(33)6 77 19 07 92 Parmantier, Matthieu - 05 62 74 06 77 [email protected] Parmantier, Alice - 05 62 74 06 77 MIREPOIX, PAMIERS, FOIX, LAVALANET Temple, Diane - 06 76 34 13 82 Michael GOSLING +(33)5 61 67 07 58 Cornebarrieu [email protected] Von Tronchin, Kristina - 06 52 47 75 90 Levignac PORTET, Doherty, Jessica - 05 34 52 01 41 Doina MODORAN +(33)6 61 97 44. 4 Ramonville [email protected] Funch, Marie-Therese - 06 72 37 57 21 L’ISLE JOURDAIN-LEGUEVIN- Toulouse AMBASSADORSHIP OPEN De Verneuil, Claire - 06 07 23 99 82 De Verneuil, Paul - 06 15 15 49 60 Like to meet ‘n’ greet? Fougeras, Guillemette - 06 14 98 30 61 Interested in an OPEN position?