Late December updates

It looks inevitable. Living a student life in Europe has to be financially meager. Yesterday at around 7 p.m my bank agent called me, saying that my student loan was declined. So much for Christmas shopping. I was on my way to get N a nice iPhone. In fact I was about to make the payment when I received the call. Well it seems that it has to wait for few weeks. On a more positive note, we will be leaving Paris to Beirut via Rome in a couple of hours. The "Aeroports de Paris" website shows no flight delays. A nice surprise, a very pleasant one indeed… with Alitalia you never know! "Ils sont fous ces romains". I am just praying not to lose our luggage somewhere between Paris and Rome. I hate travelling.