Posted in Europe trip journal, France, tagged France, French food, hike, La Casa de la Nine, Le National, Mediterranean, mountains, Pyrenees, Sete, train, Villefranche on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had a great snack yesterday: cous-cous with apricots, almonds and raisins, with a sweetener, possibly apricot juice? I’ll have to try to reproduce that.
The French like some foods cold that Americans don’t usually eat cold: cold cous-cous, sautéed vegetables, coffee, and even cold crème brulee! They also like creamy, heavy sauces and cheeses. I [...]
Posted in Europe trip journal, France, tagged American resource consumption, big box stores, cars, energy efficiency in Europe, European resource consumption, France, France photos, France pictures, France videos, French desserts, French food, hand wash clothes, La Calanque, local business, Mount Saint Clair, Sete, walkable cities on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We browsed a periodical shop today. We could barely understand anything we picked up to read, but we still managed to get the jist, for some of the magazines. The articles about science/technology and current events were the most interesting. Science stuff was hard to understand – but fun to look at the pictures. We [...]
