We slept in today because of how difficult the day before
was. Finally around 1:00 we were dressed
and ready to venture outside. We decided that for our first adventure to go to
the Wazemmes market, which isn’t at the Wazemme station but the Gambetta
one. The market is mainly African and
Oriental, so many wonderful spices. But
good produce too. I think we’ll go back
on Thursday and buy our produce for the week.
So much cheaper than the grocery store.
Still trying to figure out how to get more protein in our diet.
Then Johnny went home and Alice and I went to St. Philibert for
more chocolate and baguettes. I’ve
decided that I need to learn how to make baguettes so that we can have them at
home. Maybe Andrea Scheuber can teach
me.
Speaking of my friend Andrea.
I’m finding that this experience is deepening my love and appreciation
for her. When I was sitting in church
with the English words being whispered in my ear, I realized that Andrea found
our church in a foreign land and had so much to learn about living in America and
also about how to be a Mormon. Now all
these years later she is as American to me as anyone but in good way, not in
the annoying irritating way that Americans can be (so I’ve discovered here in
France.) Boy Americans are loud and
lacking in self-awareness.
After dinner Johnny and I decided to time how long it takes to get
to the Flandres station. He transferred
to line 1, and I stayed on line 2. He
beat me by 30 seconds, but then I didn’t run and he did. Man that kid can move fast. We agreed that it
was easier to just stay on line 2.
I had a very hard time going to sleep because I was so worried
about our first train ride in the morning.
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