When I got my assignment to shoot a cycling trip in France, I was eager to finally put to use my 16 years of French classes during grade school, high school and college. Ok, maybe high school French was a bit of a blur, but college was ...ok, maybe college was probably a little fuzzy as well. But, hey, I read "Les Miserables" in the original French text, so by God, I was ready to face real French people and speak the language of romance. After all, when in Rome... well, you know what I mean.