I hate that song.
Crow, one of many.
It's like Medieval Times, but with utensils and less jousting.
I swear my Grandmother has this plate in her house.
Sort of hard to see, but there is a giant ball of garlic in the background. Delicious garlic... mmm...Sorry for not posting last night, we got in a bit late and were very tired. Ok, so I picked up Marsh from school and we went to a different park, one that's pretty much right by the school because we had to stay around and wait for Nathan's 8th grade graduation. The park was interesting, they had this giant wall of rocks for climbing on. Not a rock wall but more like...uh, je ne sais qua. At any rate, there was a murder of crows living in the park. They seemed to act more like pigeons, they weren't all that afraid of people and they were just as likely to eat stale bread as the next bird.
We went back to the school after a little while for Nathan's graduation. One of the students wrote a speech and presented it in English, and Nathan gave the French version. The class was pretty small in size since it's a private school so the ceremony was short, but it was nice.
We then took the very hot and sweaty bus to the Ile St. Louis for dinner. For those of you unfamiliar with Parisian geography, Notre Dame is on an island (Ile de la Cite) in the middle of the Seine river. Right next to that island, is another island. We went to the other island. We had dinner at this awesome medieval themed place. Exposed wooden rafters and stone walls and all that. The cool thing though is that those were probably all actually medieval rafters and stone walls. Anyway, the appetizers were a basket of sausage and a basket of raw vegetables and a bowl of soup. They just give them to you like that and you get to pick and choose and slice for yourself. I had a Bourgandy beef stew for my main course, and I'm not entirely sure that they cooked off all the wine. It was delicious, though. Then there was a cheese course, which I found out is sort of like olde tyme Tums. The calcium makes you want to eat dessert, which most of us had in the form of the best chocolate mousse I've ever eaten. All in all, it took us about 3 hours to eat dinner. That's normal here. But we didn't get home until about 11:30. Then we started watching YouTube videos and I didn't get to bed til about 1am. It was a very fun day.
2 comments:
Thanks for sticking that song in my head now! I'm absolutely sure that Grammy does have that plate--in fact she probably has the whole set--jello mold included! Aww, now I feel sad that your wonderful adventure is coming to a close...I sure hope you've enjoyed yourself. We have certainly had a fabulous time by living vicariously thru you via this amazing blog. We're looking forward to having you home and can't wait to spend many mind-numbing hours pouring over your pictures and listening to stories which only you will laugh at...;o} Green Day said it best: I hope you had the time of your life! Just don't forget who made this wonderful opportunity possible--so before you begin any eye-rolling or assumptions about our "getting it" remember that we forfeited our HUGE economic stimulus check for this trip. Don't worry, we will make you feel that gratitude every day for the rest of your life! Won't it be good to be home??
Bisous PussyCat!
That Medieval place sounds cool, were the waiters dressed up like medieval knights?!
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