Another successful (read: free) bus trip! Our passes require that each time we get on the bus, the driver has to write the date and his initials on each pass. I think they just can't be bothered. It's working out very well.
We went 40 minutes up the way to Pezenas, a bustling little market town. I won't share too many details; I'll leave that to my videographers (Anna shall be sharing her creative genius with us soon; please support her with comments once she gets online!). A very pleasant town with a lot more sights to see than expected. I'd recommend dropping in on a Saturday if you're ever in the area.
Today was a big market day and we did plenty of eating (unlike other days when we've subsisted on fries and bread). We purchased Pezenas specialties: petit pate and berlingots. The former - mutton and brown sugar pastries - we're eagerly looking forward to eating...tomorrow. The latter are delicious little hard candies, weirdly-shaped. We ate those right away. We also bought some amazing cookies and caramels as well as vietnamese food, paella, calamari and tielles (squid pies). We hid from the heat in the tourist office for aas long as we could without it seeming odd. They had excellent toilets and an interesting enough architectural exhibit.
At home we celebrated the beginning of our second week with burgers ground by the butcher and those well-earned pastries from the shop around the corner.
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And two weeks till I head out there. You know what, the week went slowly without you guys here.No mention of the 2E vino. Get to have any? The food sounds fantastic, even the butcher hamburger meat. Did everyone stare when you ordered ground beef? Did he ask if you were American? Happy second week!
ReplyDeleteWhy bother paying 2E when you can get 1.5E Cotes du Rhone? That's what I picked up just to try. Acceptable. I'm going to go to the local wine merchant and ask him to pick out a good local assortment for 20E. The most expensive local wine I've seen is 6E.
ReplyDeleteI've not splurged on food. I figure that will happen a few times when you and PopPop are around. There are many thing I'd like to try but things are expensive and I don't want to throw them out if noone will eat them.
Steack hache (hamburger) is commmon enough. It was a little dry. There are so few Americans that English is the most common guess but they want to know why my Fench is so excellent 8^)
On va a la plage?
ReplyDeletedid i figure out how to blog yet?
ReplyDeletesounds like you're havng an adventure. pop pop's having trouble postng, but i guess you'll see them soon enough. onward with your adventures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (no TV????????????)
ReplyDeleteOui, Sherry, on va a la plage. The fairest of our group (my niece and I) need more protection than SPF 50 is providing. The beach where we're at is kind of Jersey shore. French-style.
ReplyDeleteYou made it Sharon! Bad reception TV in French. A couple movies on DVD. C'est tout!