At the end of May I went to St. Etienne to visit Coline and her family. Once again they are fantastically sweet to me! We went to the saturday market then to a creperie. It was really funny because they didn't know what galettes (buckwheat crepes) were! And of course being so close to Bretagne, I eat them pretty often. And they had never had cidre!! It made me laugh to realize that although France is a lot smaller there are so many regional differences.
In the afternoon we went to the Mine Museum. It was quite interesting. We got to go into one of the mines and had a little tour. The vocab was a bit hard to understand because it was all technical words. AFter that we went to play lazer tag...yeah not my favorite thing but it was actually fun to do. I completely failed at it and felt a little awkward around all of her friends. Since I was the only one not in a couple is was like Kayleigh = 9th wheel. oh well. We went to dinner that night with her boyfriend and another couple and I was pretty much lost in the conversation, but it was good practice.
Sunday was one of the best meals I ever had. They remembered that I love escargot! So we had escargot and some other meat and veggies. It was all pretty good, but the dessert was fantastic, and not only because Coline and I made it, but this chocolate cake used an entire chocolate bar that you melt!!! So glad I have the recipe.
It was a fun weekend and worth the 5 hours I spent on the train.
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