A lot has happened since my last post. Courses at the Insistut de Touraine were completed, and we all bid a fond farewell to the city of Tours and the Loire River. It really is a nice place, though it is better suited for a slower paced lifestyle than that sought by my colleagues.
We traveled to Paris on a bus (there were two for all of us) and were promptly deposited with our new and permanent host families. My family is great! Family Vandame is two parents and seven children. They are very traditional, Catholic, but at the same time, more relaxed than one would expect considering those factors. My chambre is enorme, there are a few pictures of my view below.
This one's for Melanie.
Cody and Abhinay inform the world of their brutally judgmental personalities.
We made crepes my last night in Tours. I cooked more than half of them.
The secret to French cuisine: BUTTA! I've decided that any time excessive butter is used in cooking, it becomes French cuisine. EXCESS.
I couldn't wait until dinner to eat one. It was just so buttery and good.
Here's the recipe, which I obtained secretly! Translation may be provided upon request.
Where we dined when the weather was nice.
My window in Paris. That is not a real bird.
THAT IS THE POPE, IN WHITE!
My friend Natalia in front of the Tour Eiffel after a great picnic (pique-nique) with friends.
My adorable host sister Ombeline and I in front of the apartment.
5 comments:
Oh man, you brought the pigeon!
Luke- that pic is great! I almost didn't catch the old man hidden away in the shrubbery :)
crepe recipe, please. i'll trade you for something that might taste good on a crepe. or filling a crepe.
What a lovely, pink girl's bike! Almost an antique. But, regard those new handlebar grips?
The dude with the bottle of beer in his pant leg reminds me of that hilarious commercial that made the reputation of Cedric the Entertainer. 'Member?
I'm admiring the operable windows in the Paris III building. Is IV as bad as the Hoover FBI building at 9th and Pennsylvania in DC? If IV is one of the worst looking buildings you've seen, what is one of the best?
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