Pre-Christmas Blois

We went to the Christmas market yesterday...it's held in front of the chateau, complete with pine stalls, mulled wine, roasted chestnuts, and snow machines blowing white foam into everyone's hair. The ice skating rink looks pretty cool; hopefully we'll try it out later today.

I found...BAKING POWDER...at a coffee/tea store in town. Couldn't find it in any of the supermarkets, and this was the only canister this particular store had. Score! We also stopped in the wine/cheese store, looking for Christmas gifts. The man who owns the store is great; he was so excited to advise us on good local wines.

Things are open today...like Leclerc! It's rather disconcerting. :) I guess capitalism makes it everywhere, even to France on a Sunday.