We had planned on hanging out with Kendra in la Souteraine, then Hanging out with Elena in her town. Elena is another teacher in the girls program. To our surprise we had a plan change. Norma, an american woman who had bumped into Gigi a few times around town, called and invited us to have dinner with her, and some friends from the area at her Chateau in the woods of La Souteraine. How could we pass it up?
(I'm watching the Inauguration as I write this, I'm so Happy and so Excited for our new President. I am finally proud of my country again.)
So Gigi and I headed to La Souteraine.
Kendra, Gigi and I had dinner friday night at a small restaurant called The Creperie. It was FANTASTIC. I want to eat there every night. Check out the Food Blog we have coming up. It's a mash.
After dinner we went down to the local Irish pub called Loch Ness. We grabbed a couple of scotch beers and played billiards for a while. They played some Babyshamblers and we asked about them. The bartender ended up giving us the CD out of the CD player after it finished playing. We thought we would return the favor and gave him a City on the Make CD. Not much later we hear it playing over the sound system. After a while Gigi headed back to the bar to see how he liked it, and she caught him rocking out and air guitaring behind the bar. Needless to say, he liked it.
The next day we sat anxiously waiting to be picked up and brought to the dinner. We received a call that we will be having lamb for dinner and will be picked up soon, but we need to stop by the vet and pick up a lamb to save it. (???) No not the same lamb. We were very confused.
We got picked up and swept off to the country side. We toured the castle and got lost in its magical presence. So many unique rooms and even more unique bathrooms. The place was huge, and very easy to get lost in.
After our tour we were tucked into the Library and were visited on and off by our hosts. Mostly Rini, the birthday boy. This guy was so cool. He brought us wine and snacks and other guests through the evening, but with the intermediate check ins we started to feel like we were in a social experiment, and he would go leave to watch us on the video cameras or something.
Dinner was awesome. The lamb was slaughtered just a few days earlier, and there were a number of courses. Wine flowed and jokes were thrown from one end of the table to the other. The party went till one or so, and we were exhausted by the end. I know I missed something, but it was an event that we couldn't have ever expected.
So now we are back to real life, and enjoying the calm. I have been joining Gigi for class the past couple of days, and thats been a lot of fun. The kids are so cute speaking english in their french accents. They are always very excited to see me, and have tons of questions.
Well back to the inauguration. We are having a party tonight, and the plan was for me to make "Barack of Lamb", but we have no way to make that so we are making Obama's Favorite food, chili, and for dessert champaign and obana splits.
OBAMA DAY!
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