Flower Market

In Belfort this weekend there is a Flower market. It has flowers, crafts and food for sell. Also since it is Belfort’s 700th birthday they also had a flower design contest. Most of the towns in the Territory of Belfort came up with a design then they put them up all over town. They all looked so pretty.

Flower Market


Some of the entries for the design contest






This one was my favorite. I really loved the lion.



There was also a wine tasting exposition, so Sarah and I decided to learn about wine. It was pretty interesting. We learned quite a bit about how to tell how old a wine is and how to “properly” taste a wine.

Last night I was also able to experience for the first time the Eurovision song contest. All the countries in Europe write and then perform their songs then everyone votes for their favorite song. In other words it is like an even cheesier "American Idol" in a whole lot more languages. It was quite enjoyable to laugh at all the really bad songs, outfits and dances. My favorite had to be Ukraine, who was the heavy favorite to win. Here is a link to check it out for yourself. I am sure you will laugh.



Although Ukraine was favored to win, it was Serbia who got the glory. I guess each year there are problems with the voting because all the countries vote politically, and it has nothing to do with how good the song is. Sarah was pretty upset because the United Kingdom only got 12 points and ended up 23 of 24 countries. I guess there is always next year.