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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sete’
Thurs, April 24th: Train to Sete (Day 7)
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 »
Fri, April 25th: Sete (Day 8)
Posted in Europe trip journal, France, tagged European lifestyle, European trains, France, L'Amiral, Le National, seafood, Sete, street market, stuffed squid, Thau Etang on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The train system here is something to behold. Not that we didn’t already know and experience this, but it’s worth mentioning every time. The trains are so much faster (we were probably going 90 mph on the “slow” train as it was referred to by Emily back in Latour.) Their track is much better, making [...]
Mon, April 28th: Sete (Day 11)
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 [...]
