But I was quickly thwarted. Rising around 2 pm, I spent most of the afternoon cleaning my room and doing laundry.... I had just sat down to update this blog when Alice comes storming into the house. "WHY AREN'T YOU AT THE SALES!!!!!???????" I was then called a mamin (little grandma), and drug across the street to the clothing section of the local grocery store, still wearing my pajamas. After wandering around with Alice I ended our 5 minute spree with the purchase of a jar of pickles and a bag of clementines (my two staple food groups).
Another Janvier sort of thing going on in Paris right now is les galettes de rois - KING CAKES! They look like this:
I believe it has something to do with the Three Kings.... but mostly in France it just works like this:
The youngest person at the table goes under the table and without looking picks in which order people get served.
Everyone eats the cake.
Whoever finds a small toy in their piece becomes the roi or the reine and gets to wear a crown.
It's awesome!!! And the cakes are really good. As Pascale said, every French tradition has to involve food. These are my kind of people.
Otherwise, things have been fairly tame around here. I had a lovely time ringing in the new year with Andrew and his family and friends later on the Champs-Elysées. There is nothing quite like waking up to a new year in Paris.
And thus I have retired as a tour guide to Paris.... for now.... though a handful of my best friends from SC are now scattered around Europe for the second semester - so who knows?
Well, I have just one more week of vacation ahead of me..... I'm planning to take advantage of it with a few museum trips, some sunbathing (it's been so nice! a balmy 46 degrees today), warding off creepy French men (a pleasant pastime), finishing the third season of The OC and daily trips to Monoprix (I cannot resist. The doorman knows me by face.)
Bientôt!
Clara
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