Le Figaro: <<Le supporter toulousain agressé par des hooligans serbes il y deux semaines à Belgrade, en marge de la rencontre entre le Partizan Belgrade et le TFC, est décédé ce mardi des suites de ses blessures. Il n'y a malheureusement pas eu de miracle pour Brice Taton, le supporter toulousain agressé par des hooligans serbes il y a deux semaines en marge de la rencontre entre le Partizan Belgrade et le TFC en Ligue Europa. Dans un état critique depuis son agression, l'homme de 28 ans est décédé ce mardi des suites de ses blessures.>>

Mardi, 29 septembre est un vraiment triste jour pour le Toulouse FC, le football français, ainsi que pour l'ensemble du football européen et le monde; qu'un supporteur perde la vie pour avoir tout simplement accompagné son équipe...
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Agence France Presse: "A French football fan hurt in fighting with Serbian supporters in Belgrade died in hospital on Tuesday, a hospital spokesman said. Brice Taton, 28, a Toulouse supporter, sustained brain damage after Partizan Belgrade fans attacked French supporters in a bar on September 17. The football fan died Tuesday morning, said a spokesman for the Belgrade hospital, Drago Jovanovic. 'Taton had irreversible brain damage and prior to the death a sudden weakening of all vital functions occurred,' Jovanovic said."

As a soccer fan and simply as a human being I find this very troubling; for a supporter of a football club to be killed simply because of his club affiliation is absolutely unconscionable. A sports fan should never have to pay a greater price then that of a ticket for the sport they love…

ça fait longtemps mais je suis de retour...

So I just got back from my mini-vacation and barring some car trouble we had on the way back, I had a great time. We spent about six days in Salida, Colorado, a small town in the heart of the Sawatch Mountain Range. During our time there we saw everything from amazing mountains passes to ghost towns; the trip, in a word, was amazing. The area in and around Salida, and throughout the Sawatch Range is definitely one of the most impressive areas in North America, not only for amazing landscapes but also the vibrant and plentiful wildlife. Anyway, I've started uploading photos from my trip on my secondary account so I'd love to share them with you and maybe get some feedback. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend!

Take a look at my new photos here ---> [link]

Thanks again,

Andre

Air France vol 447, vous nous manquez...

I always try to avoid talking about myself too much as it seems a bit self-centered but I figure I might as well put this in my journal so I don't have to explain it too many times. It seems like I've been gone for quite awhile; I've spent the last two weeks battling the flu and after spending several days in the hospital I'm finally back home and feeling quite a bit better. Anyway, I've missed talking to everyone one here so I'm glad to be back, and I do hope (belatedly) that everyone had a good Memorial Day.