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| Hugging Pig and Mootivational Cow enjoy a nice cup of cider. :) |
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| Brigitte's crêpe (la crêpe bleue - obviously) |
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| The birthday girl's crêpe :) |
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| La Trévou (pomme rissolées flambées, caramel au beurre salé, amandes) |
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| La Trévou no more! |
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
This will make you hungry if you weren't already
Friday, November 25, 2011
FORGET YOU THANKSGIVING, IT'S MY TIME TO SHINE!!!
Today is my birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!! :D
At lunch, Jean-Paul brought a bottle of 2006 Chaume, which is a Loire Valley wine that's very sweet (similar to Coteaux de l'Aubance or Coteaux du Layon), and everyone had a glass (the two Brothers, Michel, Nora, Lilian, Jean-Paul, and me). I'm now sipping the remnants of it. :) He also brought me a box of chocolates (Cémoi, a French Chocolatier). They are delicious. And so is the wine.
They also served turkey legs today at the "self" where I eat lunch. I don't know if that was coincidence or not, but hey, who cares?! That completed my Thanksgiving meal spread out over the week. This past Sunday, Sarah, a friend of Albin's (the director of the IPLV) forced a homemade Thanksgiving meal upon him and I actually benefited after he put up pictures of it on Facebook. :) At lunch on Monday, Sarah and Albin brought me a slice of pumpkin pie and it was absolutely delicious. DELICIOUS I TELL YOU. (Pumpkin pie is my favorite part of Thanksgiving.) They also brought me a piece of chocolate pecan pie, but it's not nearly as exciting to me, even if it was also delicious. :)
Then Thursday evening I was supposed to go to a dinner at Debra's house. Debra is a Meredith alumna (REPRESENT!) and lives with her husband and two children about 30 minutes from the Catho. However, none of the 11 students that she invited to dinner had a car, so she had to change things around. Instead she brought in sweet potatoes and pecan pie for a little get-together during lunch yesterday. So all together, I had the absolute essentials for Thanksgiving spread out over the course of a few days.
Today after lunch, I had to meet with some students who are preparing to take the Advanced Cambridge English exam in early December. One of them, Emma, made me cookies. They're yummy. :) Then I came back to my room and decided I wanted nothing more than a nap. And hey, it's my birthday, I can do whatever I want. Plus it was starting to drizzle a tiny bit, so I couldn't really go exploring or anything.
In a little while, I am going to meet Mia in front of the Château d'Angers to eat dinner at the Crêperie du Château. Brigitte planned (almost a month ago!!) to take me to dinner for my birthday and we are meeting her there to celebrate. I AM SO EXCITED.
At lunch, Jean-Paul brought a bottle of 2006 Chaume, which is a Loire Valley wine that's very sweet (similar to Coteaux de l'Aubance or Coteaux du Layon), and everyone had a glass (the two Brothers, Michel, Nora, Lilian, Jean-Paul, and me). I'm now sipping the remnants of it. :) He also brought me a box of chocolates (Cémoi, a French Chocolatier). They are delicious. And so is the wine.
They also served turkey legs today at the "self" where I eat lunch. I don't know if that was coincidence or not, but hey, who cares?! That completed my Thanksgiving meal spread out over the week. This past Sunday, Sarah, a friend of Albin's (the director of the IPLV) forced a homemade Thanksgiving meal upon him and I actually benefited after he put up pictures of it on Facebook. :) At lunch on Monday, Sarah and Albin brought me a slice of pumpkin pie and it was absolutely delicious. DELICIOUS I TELL YOU. (Pumpkin pie is my favorite part of Thanksgiving.) They also brought me a piece of chocolate pecan pie, but it's not nearly as exciting to me, even if it was also delicious. :)
Then Thursday evening I was supposed to go to a dinner at Debra's house. Debra is a Meredith alumna (REPRESENT!) and lives with her husband and two children about 30 minutes from the Catho. However, none of the 11 students that she invited to dinner had a car, so she had to change things around. Instead she brought in sweet potatoes and pecan pie for a little get-together during lunch yesterday. So all together, I had the absolute essentials for Thanksgiving spread out over the course of a few days.
Today after lunch, I had to meet with some students who are preparing to take the Advanced Cambridge English exam in early December. One of them, Emma, made me cookies. They're yummy. :) Then I came back to my room and decided I wanted nothing more than a nap. And hey, it's my birthday, I can do whatever I want. Plus it was starting to drizzle a tiny bit, so I couldn't really go exploring or anything.
In a little while, I am going to meet Mia in front of the Château d'Angers to eat dinner at the Crêperie du Château. Brigitte planned (almost a month ago!!) to take me to dinner for my birthday and we are meeting her there to celebrate. I AM SO EXCITED.
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| Wine in the middle of the day. CHEERS! |
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| Toasting to the Birthday Girl! |
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| Chocolatesssssssssss. This is obviously only one layer of the box :) |
Friday, November 11, 2011
A Poitiers!
In about an hour my train leaves for Poitiers! I'm going to see some friends and I'll be back Sunday night. This is my first weekend trip and I'M SO EXCITED!!!
Also, I just tried to set up my Twitter account for text messaging with my cellphone. Apparently Twitter France doesn't allow setup like that. SO SAD. Oh well.
I hope I remember to take pictures! (I'm bad about that now that I have to use my crappy camera again...)
A la prochaine !
Also, I just tried to set up my Twitter account for text messaging with my cellphone. Apparently Twitter France doesn't allow setup like that. SO SAD. Oh well.
I hope I remember to take pictures! (I'm bad about that now that I have to use my crappy camera again...)
A la prochaine !
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