Bonjour / Hola / Guten Tag / Salve,

I want to take a moment on this still-not-Spring Sunday to inaugurate our Central Region blog.

I'll start with an anecdote.

Last week I found myself in France over Spring Break. To be sure, traveling up and down the Hexagone offered all of the linguistic and cultural nourishment that I had hoped for. But beyond the personal enjoyment such a trip affords, as I reflected about my experiences...