Catchin up!
This posting business gets harder and harder as things get busier. Last week...highlights included a spectacular day in the French countryside, thanks to Thierry and Annick. We drove about an hour out of Blois to Thierry's father's cave (used to store wine, among other things, including a boat--there is no water near this cave--and a lamp--there is no electricity, either). Caves were designated not only as wine storage places, but the places wine was actually made. There was a sort of reservoir where grapes would be dumped and then pressed. The juice flowed down to another part of the cave where they did whatever they do to make it into wine.
We ate outside--sunny but a cold north wind. We had crudites, which basically means raw veggies. Anybody from B-W reading this, I had radishes and butter!!! HAHAHA. We also made steaks and potatoes, and a variety of cheeses: two kinds of chevre, a mountain cheese, and some other type that I can't remember. There was strawberry tarte for dessert.
After lunch, we went to drop off the key to the cave at Thierry's grandmother's house (she is 92 and still going strong...only stopped driving 6 months ago and STILL goes shopping on her bike). Then we went to Lavardin--where Rose and I had gone with her teacher Annick the other weekend--and this time we got to see more than just the "touristy" stuff. One of Thierry's friends owns a cave that was used to house refugees during WWII. They were artists from Paris, and painted part of the cave! Am ashamed to say I forgot my camera. :( The friend and his wife live in a troglodyte home--so they live in the cliffside basically.
Friday, I went to Paris to meet Amanda! Met in the Gare du Nord and made our way back to Blois. Met up with Alan for a drink at the chateau cafe, and of course the dragons of the Maison de la Magie were in action. Seems I miraculously show this to people only when they are seriously jetlagged.
Saturday, we did some shopping in town, then came back to the house to make crepes. Yuuum. Back to town, we went to the Louis XII for drinks, then up to the Temple for a vocal concert. Went to Mehdi's for a barbecue, then to the chateau for the first sound and light show of the season. Wish I'd done that when I first got here...gives a nice rundown of the history of the chateau. Afterwards, we were pretty chilled from sitting on pavement, so warmed up in Ben's Blues Bar. Such a cool place. HAH we're just sitting there quietly in a corner, when some guy comes up to Amanda (who is invariably wearing a B-W hoodie), and asks, "You're from Baldwin-Wallace? I'm a Capital graduate." How many Ohioans does that make in little bitty Blois?!
Alan and I have our Eurail passes! All we have to do now is find hostels. We could go so many places on this pass--from Ireland to Greece, really. We've made a doable yet still impressive list, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Venice, Rome, and Lyon. 15 days, that should do it.
Am hungry for bread, what are the odds a French bakery will be open on Easter Sunday?? Going to find out.
We ate outside--sunny but a cold north wind. We had crudites, which basically means raw veggies. Anybody from B-W reading this, I had radishes and butter!!! HAHAHA. We also made steaks and potatoes, and a variety of cheeses: two kinds of chevre, a mountain cheese, and some other type that I can't remember. There was strawberry tarte for dessert.
After lunch, we went to drop off the key to the cave at Thierry's grandmother's house (she is 92 and still going strong...only stopped driving 6 months ago and STILL goes shopping on her bike). Then we went to Lavardin--where Rose and I had gone with her teacher Annick the other weekend--and this time we got to see more than just the "touristy" stuff. One of Thierry's friends owns a cave that was used to house refugees during WWII. They were artists from Paris, and painted part of the cave! Am ashamed to say I forgot my camera. :( The friend and his wife live in a troglodyte home--so they live in the cliffside basically.
Friday, I went to Paris to meet Amanda! Met in the Gare du Nord and made our way back to Blois. Met up with Alan for a drink at the chateau cafe, and of course the dragons of the Maison de la Magie were in action. Seems I miraculously show this to people only when they are seriously jetlagged.
Saturday, we did some shopping in town, then came back to the house to make crepes. Yuuum. Back to town, we went to the Louis XII for drinks, then up to the Temple for a vocal concert. Went to Mehdi's for a barbecue, then to the chateau for the first sound and light show of the season. Wish I'd done that when I first got here...gives a nice rundown of the history of the chateau. Afterwards, we were pretty chilled from sitting on pavement, so warmed up in Ben's Blues Bar. Such a cool place. HAH we're just sitting there quietly in a corner, when some guy comes up to Amanda (who is invariably wearing a B-W hoodie), and asks, "You're from Baldwin-Wallace? I'm a Capital graduate." How many Ohioans does that make in little bitty Blois?!
Alan and I have our Eurail passes! All we have to do now is find hostels. We could go so many places on this pass--from Ireland to Greece, really. We've made a doable yet still impressive list, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Venice, Rome, and Lyon. 15 days, that should do it.
Am hungry for bread, what are the odds a French bakery will be open on Easter Sunday?? Going to find out.
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