"make like the older people"

Camille told me that today would be very old fashioned and I think she was right ( expect that we returned a movie to "Video Futur" ).

We had a big breakfast on the balcony this morning because it was actually nice out again before we started off. It was good as always but I'm starting to miss frosted flakes and cinnamon rolls. Camille and I went to the market to buy food for lunch and to find flowers for later. She made me take pictures even though I hated too ( there's nothing I dislike more in travelling than feeling like a tourist ). It was fun to just look at the different food they were selling. It certainly was smaller than a market in Paris but it definitely had a lot on the White Bear Farmers market ( naturally ). We had a light lunch and headed off to Vincennes.
Vincennes is a really pretty town that is just next to Paris. It is like a french version of Edina I think - really chic and old ( people and homes ). Camille tells me that it's a wealthy area but I can't really tell the difference...all apartments in Paris are small. We had visited her grandparents when I was here before and it was fun to go back. We went for "l'appertif" ( like appetizers I guess but it lasts for a few hours ) so we drank tea and had little pastries. I was proud because I ate an entire slice of prune tarte - I don't think I ever planned on eating prunes ( I'm always scared to eat different things but I've been trying everything here ). It was good I guess although I will go for a Paris-Brest over a Prune tarte anytime. Anyway, I understood a lot of their discussion but after 2 hours I started to zone out. At least I tried a couple of times to give the American perspective for them and they liked that I was brave enough to contribute. Camille's grandmother gave us both flowering plants to bring to our respective nouvelles maisons ( camille in tours, me in paris ) and we were off.
Before returning home we made a detour to a petite town where there is a petite chateau with a grande garden and a grande view. It was built by the Marquise de Pompadour. We also drove by the huge Nestle chocolate factory which was funny because they have repainted the old buildings with brightly colored designs ( like something out of charlie and the chocolate factory ).

Alors...for dinner we had croque monsieur and ratatouille. Same old, same old. Tomorrow I move to Paris and it should be quite the adventure. :)