We woke up early to make the trek out to Honfleur, Normandy. For breakfast we had packaged crêpes to go, and they were still amazing. After dropping off Laure at the stables, we headed out. It was a misty dreary morning, but brightened up when we got there. First we stopped at a souvenir store where we bought some of Normandy's famous caramel. Then we went more into town where we bought fresh fish. I've never seen fish so fresh. After finding something to pu...

We slept in today too, and joined Laure on the couch again for a breakfast of chocolate muffins. Yum. After that, we just hung out. We helped Laure with a logo recognition game... We got kinda into it and kept coming back to solve more logos. Since the weather was cold and dreary, we had warm ravioli for lunch. The particular kind we had was from the mountains where Jean's parents were- there used to be a lot of Italian immigrants there that wanted to make raviol...

We slept in late today and came down to a delicious breakfast of homemade pain au chocolat and joined Laure on the couch. After that we made the trek upstairs to watch more tv :) after sitting for so long, we decided to take the dog Sanka for a walk. He took a dip in the pond and we headed for the wheat fields. We didn't have the right shoes on, so we just walked the country road. It was SO pretty. We came back and went in after Sanka took another dip in the pond...

Today we had to get up "early"... 9:00. I ended up waking up at 7:30, so I decided I'd go ahead and take a shower to get it out of the way. Claire woke me up at 9:40. I opened the shudders and began my day. I went downstairs for a breakfast of pastries and hot chocolate again. Yum. Then we went to Claire's school to drop off more papers and then went into town again to see the castle. It was open this time, and Claire gave us a little tour since she is learning a...

Today I got to sleep in late... Till 9:30! Haven't gotten more than six hours of sleep in two weeks!! It was wonderful! I began the day by opening up my shudders and letting my hair flow in the soft wind that accompanied the beautiful yard, blue skies, sun and singing birds. It was a dream. Then I went down for a fresh breakfast from the local baker. I could not tell you the names of the foods, but there were many and they were delicious. After eating, we went to...