We're approaching 3 months "on the nose" as the title says that we've have been here in France. It's been fascinating to witness Sébastien's acquisition of the French language and culture. Anaïs is trailing behind as well with commentary such as "oui maman" or je ne peux pas, soleil, par là, ici, ça.
Sébastien gave me the best birthday present ever when he fired off two french questions back to back to me. This was proof enough for me that he has begun to navigate in a second language.
We're excited to see what the next three months will produce.
Lara outdid herself twice this month in the kitchen. The first event was a surprise birthday party. One rarely is able to surprise me perhaps because I'm too observant. Lara's thoughtful menu was a culinary tour of those places which I've visited over the years.
We began with borsch from my Petersburg days, then coxinhas from Brasil, afterwards blanquette de veau from France, culminating with chocolate cake from Berkeley.
Three weeks later, Lara seized the kitchen once again and began the preparation for Thanksgiving. We celebrated it on Friday so as to include our closest friends who are almost like family. The donkey was cooked to perfection. And the stuffing was superb. Did I say donkey?
In a week or so, we will set off for Paris for a petite semaine - 5 days. We'll stay with two different families and give the kids a taste of Paris which has already begun to be decorated for x-mas. Sébastien is looking forward to the Tour Eiffel.
Aside from taking care of the kids and working on the house, I've been enjoying studying Italian in my free time. Once a week, I meet with 1 of 2 Italian speakers in town and put to the test what I've just learned.
I'll close by telling you what we do each Wednesday. The kids do not have school this day, so Lara and I alternate by surprising each other with a family adventure to some cool location within an hour or two from Aniane. There are endless destinations in the Languedoc-Roussillon. We'll never discover it all, but we plan on seeing as much as we can. We will be heading towards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_de_Navacelles soon.
Come and visit if you can.
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