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I woke up at 7:30 this morning.

"Fat chance," I grumbled, considering that F&A and I had decided on a 10am wake-up time. I rolled back over and slept until 10:30. Then I got up, got showered and dressed and went around the corner to F&A's for breakfast. We had pastries from his parents' shop for breakfast - some lovely thing with a thin custardy layer and chocolate chips. After everyone was showered and dressed, we left for Angers.

We picked up a few friends of Antoine's and went out window-shopping. We didn't buy any windows, nor did we buy anything else. Triumph for the shoppinged-out srah! I had a lovely chicken sandwich from a boulangerie for lunch, and while they were being made, the boys stood outside and played a game that consisted of Watch The Pile Of Dog Poop In The Street And See Who Steps In It And How They React. Ah, boys.

After shopping, we went back to David's apartment and hung around for a while as we tried to figure out where to go to dinner and collected people to go along with us. I had an interesting conversation with Gildas' girlfriend, Julie, about how France and the US are different, especially in terms of nightlife and Internet use.

We finally picked a Lebanese restaurant, made reservations, and had an apéritif. I was just going to have menthes à l'eau, but I was convinced to try some Martini blanc. It was okay. I guess I would drink it again. It wasn't as strong as the Martini rouge I tasted at the chalet last year.

We walked through town to the Babylon restaurant, where we sat in the back room. Many of the group hadn't had Lebanese food before or hadn't had it many times before. We ended up ordering a sort of sampler meal for the whole group, with 12 hot and cold dishes to pass. There was tabouleh, fattouch, falafel, baba ganouch, grape leaves stuffed with a rice mixture, smoked beef, hummous, triangles of pita with cheese sandwiched between them, triangles of pita with a meat mixture sandwiched between them... I'm missing a few dishes, but anyway, it was amazing in quantity and variety. I followed it up with a glass of mint tea.

After the meal was over, Fanny and Antoine and I went for a walk in Old Angers and saw the castle, the cathedral and the Maine river. We met up with the others at a crocodile-themed bar that served little gummi crocodiles with all of the drinks. I, unfortunately, was falling asleep most of the time we were there. I couldn't figure out at the time why I was so tired, but I realize now that my brain was not used to constantly speaking, hearing and thinking in French. Poor little thing was working hard!

In the car on the way back from Angers, I happened to look out the window and see the Big Dipper. This is quite amazing for me, given that I can never ever see constellations. This one just popped right out at me. The stars were very bright and Le May is far enough out from the big city that it doesn't have a lot of light pollution. I suppose it would be the same situation in Little America, but I don't spend a lot of time looking up there.

We finally got home around 3:30 and I revived myself enough to walk inside and up the stairs, change into my pyjamas and zonk out until morning.

srah - Saturday, 10 July 2004 - 9:48 PM
Tags: travel

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