Samedi le 15 novembre

A quiet day and in the afternoon we walked into town as it was a nice sunny day. We wandered around along with the other 3000 people. Everyone just seems to appear about 3:00 and congregates walking in the streets. We then remembered that there is not much in the fridge and we need food for tonight and tomorrow as everything is shut – another trip to the supermarket! We seem to be there every second day. Most French people still buy daily so there are so many food stalls in all suburbs but I don’t like it. We are also very limited as the fridge we have is the size of a small bar fridge, so not much can fit in. We also don’t have a microwave so that can impact on what we buy – also no toaster so we grill the bread in the mornings. Getting quite used to it now but the toast doesn’t taste the same either. The French are not big breakfast eaters traditionally although this is changing slightly. The view we have of croissants for breakfast is incorrect – this is only done at the weekend or for visitors and special occasions.

What has been nice has been playing so many games with the girls – we ended up buying a cheap pack of a few different games. They latest craze has been draughts! But tonight we played cards for hours after tea. Great to be able to spend so much time doing these simple things.
Finish the night off by keeping an eye on the All Blacks – through the N.Z. Herald online with play by play updates- amazing what you can find. Also watching the French “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” a bit hard for me but I get the gist.