Thursday, February 18, 2010

Back to Provincal France

I love to see that picture of me and my mom in Hawaii. I need things like that for rainy, grey days in the city. But today is neither rainy nor grey - not yet anyway, so the picture just makes a nice day even better.
I went back to Angers last weekend, to spend Valentine's Day with Marjerie and Roxane. We went to the market I used to frequent last year, with Katrin or Vanessa. We drove to centre ville and tried to find the parking that was always impossible to find last year. We walked through those old, familiar streets, went into the small, familiar shops, and drank chocolat chaud in the cozy little chocolate shop on the corner.

Then we made homemade cheesecake with real (expensive!) cream cheese, imported from les Etats-Unis. It was quiet good, very sweet, but we managed to eat the whole cake! I saw these views again; things that I've missed more than I thought and was extraordinarily glad to see again. I'm realizing that Paris really isn't for me. I'm more of a Provincial girl; I love the small towns and the rolling countryside and especially the ocean. Luckily I'm going to visit Katrin soon in Bamberg, another small town but this time a German one

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There was a song I heard.....It was Beauty and the Beast, Belle. As I listened to the song, I realized how much you are like Belle. It really made me laugh thinking back and putting the pieces together of how much you guys really are alike. Also the term "Provincal" is used throughout the song. I also remember you saying it was your favorite movie, which again made me laugh. I just thought this was a funny coincidence and that I would share the encounter.