Well, afew, I guess I would need to make a pretty long stop by a shrink's practise to answer your question : why didn't I join in in French ? :-)
Instead, I think I will try to put together a diary about the advantages and drawbacks of being split between different countries and cultures.
Would gladly have joined yesterday, in whatever language you may have requested, but the thread was toward its end when I recovered my computer connection.

And I'm happy you enjoyed my sign comment- quite confident you missed nothing about it :-)  

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill