Today was a much needed rest day that we spent getting ready for our next journey and spending time with our lovely hosts Gill and François. They are much fun to be around.
We went into town today and got to help buy dinner tonight at the little shops.
We picked up sausages at the butcher shop, cheese from the fromagerie; macaroons, croissants, and baguettes from the patisserie; some salad fixings from the produce shop, and passed by a fish market, flower shop and deli. The fromagerie and Poisson shop are a sensory overload for the nose. Ally decided to wait outside. It is interesting to see the layer of mold on the cheese rounds which is absolutely how cheese should be made instead of processed in a Kraft factory with individually sliced pieces of waxy orange stuff. The shop owners were very friendly and were patient with our french. Eric's french has been great and I can practice what I need to say but once I open my mouth to respond, spanish comes out. Not that I am any more fluent in spanish but yes always came out as Sí instead of Ouí. We just need to go to Italy next so I can mix the two together and learn Italian.
Today were the semi-finals for an international horse jumping event at the E'cole de Polytechnique which is a military university and rated one of the top 3 schools in France. We figure it is similar to West Point in the US. They are very proud of their Napoleonic uniforms. François is a researcher at the University and has even been on research expeditions to Antartica.
Here are some of the horses and their riders jumping. It was amazing to see how large some of the horses were to hold their normal size men/women (not little jockeys). It was pretty amazing how high they were jumping.
Gill was great with Ally and allowed Ally to help her make the salad and be our waitress, even got to push a little cart to the table. They called her their "mommy tent" pronounced "mommytont" which meant mommy's helper.
François gave us a lesson today on the different ways to wear your beret. Different styles can show what region you are from, your profession, or even your mood.
Ally loved playing with Monday until her allergies got the best of her. Unfortunately she is allergic to french cats too. C'est dommage! Ally still had fun painting a picture of her.
Today I decided to whip out my pendulum to test a variety of French foods because I had been eating small amounts without any problems. It turns out I had no negative responses the the breads or cheeses at all. I did some research to find that French wheat flour has half the amount of gluten in it as back in the states, and many the cheeses we had here are unpasturized. It makes me so angry that in order to make things "safe" and "preserved" in the states is what is making me sick. I may have to bring a barrel of wheat flour home with me on the plane :)
We went into town today and got to help buy dinner tonight at the little shops.
We picked up sausages at the butcher shop, cheese from the fromagerie; macaroons, croissants, and baguettes from the patisserie; some salad fixings from the produce shop, and passed by a fish market, flower shop and deli. The fromagerie and Poisson shop are a sensory overload for the nose. Ally decided to wait outside. It is interesting to see the layer of mold on the cheese rounds which is absolutely how cheese should be made instead of processed in a Kraft factory with individually sliced pieces of waxy orange stuff. The shop owners were very friendly and were patient with our french. Eric's french has been great and I can practice what I need to say but once I open my mouth to respond, spanish comes out. Not that I am any more fluent in spanish but yes always came out as Sí instead of Ouí. We just need to go to Italy next so I can mix the two together and learn Italian.
Today were the semi-finals for an international horse jumping event at the E'cole de Polytechnique which is a military university and rated one of the top 3 schools in France. We figure it is similar to West Point in the US. They are very proud of their Napoleonic uniforms. François is a researcher at the University and has even been on research expeditions to Antartica.
Here are some of the horses and their riders jumping. It was amazing to see how large some of the horses were to hold their normal size men/women (not little jockeys). It was pretty amazing how high they were jumping.
Gill was great with Ally and allowed Ally to help her make the salad and be our waitress, even got to push a little cart to the table. They called her their "mommy tent" pronounced "mommytont" which meant mommy's helper.
François gave us a lesson today on the different ways to wear your beret. Different styles can show what region you are from, your profession, or even your mood.
Even le chat Monday has a beret.
Ally loved playing with Monday until her allergies got the best of her. Unfortunately she is allergic to french cats too. C'est dommage! Ally still had fun painting a picture of her.
Today I decided to whip out my pendulum to test a variety of French foods because I had been eating small amounts without any problems. It turns out I had no negative responses the the breads or cheeses at all. I did some research to find that French wheat flour has half the amount of gluten in it as back in the states, and many the cheeses we had here are unpasturized. It makes me so angry that in order to make things "safe" and "preserved" in the states is what is making me sick. I may have to bring a barrel of wheat flour home with me on the plane :)
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