Today, I went to Mulhouse with Sarah, Mandy and another language assistant Andrea. She is from Germany, and she teaches German in the high schools here in Belfort. We went today for the first day of their Christmas Market. They are a really big deal here in this region of France and especially in Germany. We had a great time. Everything looked so great! We are going to try to hit up as many markets as we can before Christmas. Almost all of middle or big cities have one around here.
We left this morning. On the train Mulhouse is only about 25 minutes from here. The sun was out today, but it was so cold. We were all really bundled up! Yesterday it rained all day, so at least it was dry today. We walked around and went to a small art museum. It had some neat paintings from local artists. Then when it started to get dark we went to the Christmas market. There were a lot of different booths. They had candles, candy, woodwork, and leather gifts amoung other things. There was a lot to see. I also had hot chestnuts for the first time. They were really good. I have seen them all over, but I had never tried them before. Plus they kept my hands warm.
Last night I was invited to a concert at the town hall by one of the teachers because one of my classes was singing. They sang songs with an orchestra. They looked so cute, and I think I had one of those “proud parent” moments. The only bad thing was I had to walk there in a huge storm. It was hailing so hard! At least I got a ride home from the principal.
I tried to find something to put together a Thanksgiving dinner here for the roomies tomorrow, but I couldn’t find much that would resemble a real Thanksgiving meal. They didn’t even have stuffing or gravy, so I thought I would at least go buy a nice desert. It may not be pumpkin pie, but France does have some nice deserts!
I have put up my pictures from Mulhouse, so check them out.
http://web.mac.com/downinga
Happy Thanksgiving!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment