Got up at noon today, something I haven't done pretty much since middle school maybe? Then we took a really long walk to go to this recommended bakery down near the Place de la Victoire (apparently you aren't a European city if you don't have a Victory Square). I got a beignet avec chocolat, but to my delight and surprise, when they said 'beignet' they meant 'best donut of your life', and when they said 'chocolat' they meant 'nutellla'!! Brett's was raspberry. Mine was soooooooo good. Then we had kebab. I was still a lil too full from my donut extravaganza to finish mine, but they were very good, and cheaaap! Then we found out that international postage in France is .85 each, which sucks because it was cheaper in San Sebastian but we forgot to send our SS postcards from there so we have 15 postcards to send. Even worse, the machine only takes coins. At least the Euro has 1 and 2 Euro coins.... But they really kind of demand exact change in France, and give you nasty looks if you don't have it.
Also, on every receipt they have the conversion to Francs. They've been on the Euro for something like 5 years and still? They did it to pesos or whatever it was in Spain, too.
Later we went on another walk to the Miroir d'eau, which is this really large, flat, shallow pool that fills up with water that reflects the sky and the buildings nearby. Then after like 10 min, it drains, and about 5 min after that it blows fine mist all over itself like a smoke machine was going off. Then it stops and 5 min later it starts filling up again. So cool. It's also a bit like a kiddy pool on summer nights and weekends, because the beach is 45 min away in Arcachon, so lots of kids and dogs and even adults wander around in it since it's only like an inch high.
Drank a bunch of pink wine then went back for more kebab, and they brought us, I swear, the best tea ever - for free! I went up and told them (in french) that I spoke french really badly but I wanted to know what was in the tea because it was amazing. They kind of snickered when I said my french was bad, like 'yeah we know' but they were really nice and explained everything to me. Apparently it's just loose leaf green tea with mint leaves and sugar. I bet they muddle the mint leaves though.
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okay, so Cafe Dumonde beignets will never be quite so good again. Hope you'll get your fill of these. The pond reminds me a bit of the kelp and waves sculpture in SD airport terminal 2. Love getting the cards, but save them for cheaper postage if necessary. Hope we'll stumble upon each other on-line again and have a less frustrating time of it.
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Hey I just spoke with my friend in Amsterdam and he said he'd be happy to meet up with you and Brett and show you around the city. Let me know if that sounds good and we can start swapping contact info around.
Whoa I had no idea my name comes up as a llama. can you guess who I am?
ummm I'm guessing Alana? That would be great!!! Thanks!
Yes, I am Alana. Yeah my friend's name is Lucas (or Luke, but he signs his letters as Lucas) and it's probably best to email him, it's antilectualism@yahoo.com . He also mentioned putting you guys up, so keep that in mind if you need to save a few euros.
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