A Wacky, Wonderful Week

Instead of creating a massively long post about this past week (which was pretty awesome), I will try to briefly summarize.

The Weekend: A Trip to the Northwestern coast of France
Saturday: Morning to mid-Afternoon
Where: Mont-St. Michel
What is it: A massive monastery set up on the top of a hill on an island right by the coast of the Atlantic
What we did: Took a guided tour of the Medieval monastery as well as explored the many gift shops that had medieval gear
What we ate: After asking for a ham and cheese waffle (in French), we went and sat down and had ham and cheese gauffres (which are crepes made with buckwheat which gives them a browner tint)

Saturday: Late Afternoon- Evening
Where: St Malo
What is it: A quaint port town that is a big tourist attraction because of its seafood and friendly folks
What we did: Stayed at a classy hotel (I slept in a bed labeled Capitaine) and explored the town
What we ate: We went to a small seafood restaurant called L'Anchorage and had the formule- 6 oysters, a big bowl of mussels and fries, and a dessert crepe filled with melted chocolate and bananas.

Sunday: Morning- Afternoon
Where: Normandy- American Memorial
What is it: The beaches of Normandy where the Americans, British, and Canadians invaded to liberate France from Nazi control. The American Memorial is still American soil.
What we did: Explored the Omaha beach, American cemetery, and the Memorial building
What we ate: A FANTASTIC breakfast at the Hotel in St Malo. Fresh baked croissants, fresh fruit, and fresh brewed coffee. Enough to hold us out through lunchtime.

Sunday: Mid-Afternoon
Where: Memorial of Peace in Caen
What is it: The Memorial was set up to honor the victims of World War II, and also has exhibitions on 9-11 and the Cold War
What we did: Explored the Memorial and watched two films on World War II. The whole experience was very mentally taxing. So much death and war in one day is not recommended.
What we ate: We stopped at a gas station on the way out of town. I had a sangwich and some chips.

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Wednesday: Night-time
Where: Montmartre, a bar and a fondue place
What is it: The bar was a nice little place that had a Family Guy pinball game and a jukebox, and the fondue place was very small, quaint fondue restaurant. Very informal.
What we did: Had an aperatif drink at the bar and then headed across to the fondue place... 1 hour and 15 minutes after we had made our reservations (that's the only time they could seat us)
What we ate: Appetizers which were pieces of meat, cheese, pickles and olives. The Entree was the fondue itself which was bread and potatoes to dip in the cheese pot and a bowl of meat to dip in a boiling cauldron of oil. Both were delicious. The dinner was complemented with white and red wine in Baby Bottles and a dessert of Del Monte fruit cocktail.

Thursday: Night-time
Where: My Apartment
What is it: A lovely 3 bedroom place with a bathroom and a kitchen with an oven just large enough to fit a turkey in it.
What we did: 12 of us gathered together in a country rather than America with people who weren't all Americans to enjoy a nice Thanksgiving dinner.
What we ate: Hors d'oeuvres that included great deviled eggs and wine. The main courses which included a turkey that your truly cooked, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetables, cranberry sauce, among other things. And for dessert we had a delicious made from scratch homemade pumpkin pie, made with real Parisian Market pumpkins.

Saturday: Night-time
Where: Izzy (and a bit of Montmartre)
What is it: A small bar located where I practice Ultimate indoors.
What we did: A Mustache Party. It was obligatory to wear a mustache and thanks to Sarah (who loaned me her mustache), I fit in perfectly. It was the Birthday Party for the creation of the RevolutionAirs. We danced all night long, to mostly American music.
What we ate: Well we didn't eat much because it was a bar, but there was a snack table and very cheap drinks. I tried a lot of cheeses, one which I think was called a fromage au cumin was really good.

And so I conclude my crazy week by sitting around, relaxing, and listening to some football online. I also bought my plane ticket home for Easter in April today. So you folks at home have that to look forward to!

A bientot
Justin