Douglas is a bit of a nerd.  A Californian in France since 1998, he would probably be better called eccentric.  He describes his interests as, at their core, ergonometrically socio-sexual. 

Eric Howard Way was born and bred in several southern states before moving to Europe just in time to see the Berlin Wall fall.  A Tennessean by birth but Lyonnais by choice, Eric came to France as a starry-eyed engineering exchange student in 1988 and never went home.  As Volvo’s Vision Coordinator he spends his days dreaming about the future for heavy trucks, that is when he’s not daydreaming about being a writer or gourmet chef.  Eric lives with his French partner Laurent and assorted house plants in a renovated 19c flat in downtown Lyon.

Clara Smith is from Spartanburg, South Carolina.  While not currently an expat, she has recently repatriated herself from London, England and is learning how to live in America again - from driving cars to riding escalators to taking super-sized elevators.  She plays the flute and is an avid photographer and adventurer.  She is a biochemist with degrees from Florida State University and Northwestern University.  She has a decade of experience in protein characterization for the biopharmaceutical industry.  I have no idea what that means, but I'm pretty sure she does good stuff to help keep you living longer.