French television

This was one crazy show, I couldnt believe what i was seeing. I didnt get pics of some of the best cat tricks, I wish I had, it was really something.

Our after class ritual

Most evenings after class we ended up in one of our apartments drinking wine and cidre and eating cheese, bread, grapes, some sort of dried meat and chestnut spread. They said they were impressed by my palate, I guess they thought I would shy away from some of the French flavors.

The gang at the creperie

Armele, Lucille, Bernadette and Gilles. This was morning coffee, I usually had about 5 of these.

The Creperie

A little backtracking

This is how my trip began.

Paris

Im here in Paris with Natalie and we are having a great time, weve eaten our way thru the city, anything we could get our hands on. Im big into aperitifs, i love a good Kir. We found a craft show and we each purchased some housewares. Me, hand painted salt and pepper dishes that ill never use and Natalie, five cereal bowls for a hot hundred Euro but she threw in cute cheese clothes for both of us.

There are so many interesting ethinic neighborhoods and we both love to experience that sort of thing. Yes, we hit the Jewish neighborhood, had burgers and fries with baba ganoush, very good. We went to the Bastille market, ate whatever we could. Internet has not been easy to find and we are realizing now that in order to find internet you have to go to the poorer, international neighborhoods where people dont have their own computers. That said right now we are sitting in one such neighborhood; its a mecca of Asian/African/Arab peoples. And we just hit a great 1 Euro store, all the crap you could want!

Until the next crepe Auvoir!!!!!!!

My last night in St Nic

So tonight is my last night in St Nic. Iv had such a good time but i am really tired, we've been working straight and learning so many things. Also its been a little hard trying to keep up with the French. Im pretty happy about how much ive learned, i could use another week on the bilig but i definitely have a very solid start, with a bit more practice ill be fine.

Im really with the right people for this experience, you have humor, understanding, calm and a little insanity. Lucille has helped me so much with the French and so has Bernadette, anytime i needed something translated it was never a problem even though i know its tiring for everyone. I feel like ive gotten not only a lesson in making crepes but ive gotten a little French lesson as well, ive really learned a lot in a short time.

Tomorrow Armele, i just learned its with an "r", is going to take Lucille and I back to Quimper so i can catch my train and she can go on with her traveling. This is really helpful since there are only two buses to Quimper on Friday, one very early and one too late for me to catch my train. Not to mention the 50E cab ride it would cost me.

So tomorrow im off to Paris to meet up with Natalie and do lord knows what, im so excited to see her and to explore Paris. Apparently there is a street close to the train station and its all people making crepes at their stands, I have to check it out and see how mine measure up.

okay, thats all for now.
Im going to get some more pics up over the next few days.