Hans and I went to Louisiana this last weekend for an interview. We left Arlee with my mom and then Abbie would pick her up after work. My mom took us to the airport and then took Arlee back to her house to wait for Abbie. I was about to cry when we were walking away and I looked at Arlee with her arms out stretched screaming and crying for us to take her with. It is always sad leaving our little bug, but we must do it every now and then. : ( She was fine soon after. Thank goodness for everyone!
We left Friday afternoon and came back Sunday night. It was a fast trip, but worth it. Hans had his interview on Saturday and it lasted a little more than six hours. It went great until they said that they didn't need us to come down for a year! WHAT the... I thought that was crazy. I don't really think that is going to happen, but that is just my thinking that I don't want to move rather than maybe that might be something that we need to do. We will see. They are going to keep in touch with us.
Here are some pictures from our trip:
Sugar cane fields are every where. Lining them are roads and huge trees.
Hans riding in the car with the people "interviewing" him were showing us around.
Hans looking out at all the sugar cane... As you can tell it goes on forever.
Sugar Mill
Sugar Mill
Sugar Mill
Sugar Mill
This is where the sugar gets dumped into the barges to be shipped all around.
Bayou Teche from the car.
Louisiana is very flat and green, except when the sugar cane has been cut down.
Hans standing next to some trees that were by a place dedicated to the first Franklin guy to die in some battle (can't remember right now)
Me and Hans standing together with the trees. They are tall and skinny and have moss on them. I actually didn't get any pictures of the huge oak trees that canopy the trees. Weird, I know.
Hans and Jerry Fournet (interviewer/business owner) walking over the bridge to look at the Bayou Teche
Here is a better picture of the Bayou Teche
A little restaurant off the Bayou Teche
A picture of the trees that Hans and I were standing next too. The Fournet's house is just a few to the right of this picture. They also took us to their house.
The houses that are built off the Bayou Teche
I thought you might be able to see the water under the bridge, but I guess not, but this is what the bridge is made out of.
Here are some pictures from the plane. I always have to get some.
Louisiana
Colorado.... I thought this was pretty cool with a bunch of mountains with no snow and then one in the middle of them all with snow.
The white spot on the top left is from the same mountain from above, just zoomed out.
This is the same mountain as as above, just zoomed in... way in!
Even more zoomed in. I like to play with the camera. Can you tell?
River from the airplane. This is also in Colorado.
Colorado again. This time with clouds.
The pictures from the plane are just if you like to see the difference, but no real significance.
OH YES!!!
I tried shrimp and liked it. Those that don't know me really well, I don't eat seafood, lake food, creek or stream food. This however, my cousin, Natalie talked me into trying. I wanted to try it and told her I would try things once, but I have to tell you I was scared out of my mind. The last time I tried shrimp I hated it. The last time it was dipped in cocktail sauce and absolutely gross. This time it was with a jalapeno and wrapped in bacon. Hans had to tell me wear to bite it off and once I did; it was delicious. Now, I am not going to think that I like any kind of shrimp now, but this was good. Natalie was telling me that it is really fresh there so that may make the difference. Who knows? I am not going to be the judge of that.
Ulla you should be proud of me. I actually like some kind of variation!
We are so happy to be home even though we enjoyed our visit.
Thank you to the Jordans for being our hosts.
Thank you to my mom for picking us up and dropping us off at the airport. Also for taking care of Arlee.
Thank you to Abbie and Matt for being second parents to Arlee while we are gone. Sorry she was not the best sleeper, but what little kid is? Well maybe it is just her, but she enjoyed the time with you.
Thank you to Hans for letting me tag along on the adventure.
Where will we go next? Stay tuned....
Chels
2 comments:
That's awesome Hans had an interview. Is it for sure that Hans wont take the job? Why would they be interviewing now if they don't need someone until next year?! Waste of your time! It looked like a lot of fun though!
Hans and I are still really confused why they had us come down. They wanted Hans to work in Salt Lake for a year and then come down. I guess they didn't realize that there aren't any jobs here and that is why we were going to go down there. So dumb. I kind of felt like it was a sells pitch for us to buy into their company. I would say that they were not thinking. It was a lot of fun. Glad Hans and I got to see Louisiana atleast once. Who knows we could still move there, but with a different company. I am just a little bit upset that we had to pay our own way to get there for a possibility in a year! Anyhow that is my venting for the day. Hopefully something happens that isn't a waste of time. : ) We are still hopeful.
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