Wednesday, September 24, 2008

10 Things I Love About France and the French Today

1. I love the market that is in our town every Monday morning where I can go and buy fresh everything!

2. I love going to the boulangerie to buy fresh bread!

3. I love that there is a Foire aux Vins (wine fair) at our local grocery store this week!

4. I love that the French know how to cook and that when you have no ideas for dinner, you can just go and buy a new cut of meat to try and ask the butcher what to do with it. He gave me a whole meal plan complete with instructions in about five minutes!

5. I love walking SA to our local preschool and watching her jump and cheer because she is so excited to go to the "school with the belltower".

6. I love chitchatting to the French moms at school each morning and at lunchtime.

7. I love that my husband has this week off and there is school and the garderie for CG tomorrow so that we can go and have coffee together "just us".

8. I love that it is fall and time to cut up the fresh pumpkin from my friend's garden and make soup and chocolate chip pumpkin bread!

9. I love that I live in the region of delicious cheeses!

10. I love it that the French do not treat me like an ignorant foreigner because I have difficulty with their language. They have always been and continue to be kind, patient, and gracious to me.

4 comments:

Jen said...

Thanks for this post! It makes me more excited and feel much more at ease. :) I am looking forward to experiencing all of the above.

RHB said...

You will love it here!It's not always easy, but it's worth it!

Dig said...

You trying to make me cry??

Renee said...

There's your blog! Glad to find it again. Catch me up...when are you moving back?