La Fête de Crêpe

I have spent two days in Avignon now. Whenever you meet someone here you touch cheeks while kissing the air three times here. The first time that I did it, I didn't touch the guys cheeks and the guy said I was doing it the American way. haha My first day here, we went with Paola to her friend Léa's house where she had a cake and crêpe party. They had chocolate cake, Madeleines and of course crêpes with nutella. We also had Oragina and an alcoholic cider drink (Yumm) I have noticed that they drink very often here. By drink I don't mean always alcoholic, there is lots of water and juice too at most gatherings. Adeline actually drank the crêpe batter! The group of her friends spoke very fast, so it was very difficult for me to understand, but they also spoke English very well. Paola helped to translate when needed and I tried to say what I could. Léa had made her own dress which I was very impressed with and made me wish that I could sew well!

Most of the houses look like this, tan with shutters that open and cool canopies made of plants. I have noticed that oftentimes many windows and doors are left completely open, to let in the breeze. Luckily there are not a lot of bugs that come in so it feels very nice and well... open!

After eating we moved to the backyard and they passed around a bottle of Clairette de die. It was very delicious! The backyard was very beautiful. There was lots of green grass and cacti and it was very picturesque.

Paola and Jess

Victor drinking the Clairette as we passed it around.

Later, we went over to Adeline's house for more chatting. I learned more about the French education system and talked to a guy who studied in California for a while. Then Jessica and I went swimming in Adeline's pool. It was nice to swim under the stars in warm water!

It is really really warm here and I love it!