today was my favorite day we've had in a while...we woke up early in the cold morning (frost on the grass!) to drive to loncloitre, the town 10km away, for their once-a-month-first-monday market. it was absolutely huge! it took up the whole town center, rows and rows of intertwining booths with fresh produce (celery root, carrots, potatoes, endives, small onions, garlic braids, cabbages, lettuce, pumpkins, and the hugest bunch of leaved celery we've ever seen, carson had to buy it because it was so amazing for only 1€! we'll post a picture...), lots of boucherie and charcuterie booths with cured meats, sausages, etc., fromagers, little wine bars with glasses of rose poured to enjoy there; apples galore, patissiers and boulangers....we did enjoy a couple of delicious chocolate croissants, and a couple of other treats....fresh cooked foods like sausage sandwiches, a huge vat of seafood paella, etc....clothes, shoes, boots, working tools, parfumes, fresh fish st ands....the most surprising and exotic of which was a live eel booth, with three or four containers of live black eels slithering on top of each other...when it was time, they snapped the eels head on the corner of the cooker, and then grilled it fresh for waiting customers! needless to say, we didn't try that delicacy.... :p we did get an amazing loaf of bread, made by a master bread maker, and it may be the best bread we've ever had....we nearly devoured the entire thing at lunch even though it was so huge...it will be nice to have a break from all the cheese and bread we consume constantly!
we walked around for about 3 hours (cars, julia, leah and i) and had so much fun! there were cages of chickens for sale, ducks, geese, pigs, ponys, and other little birds, horse saddles, CDs, imports, and a wonderful "tout 2€" booth where all the hats and scarves and gloves were only that much each. i was missing this type of festivity and community here, as we could find it in paris every day on rue moufftard. i love wandering in markets and all the smells, vegetables, people, new things to explore and enjoy. we'll post some pictures soon from the market and more of berthegon and la gare. only two more days here until we venture off again...we both feel bittersweet about it and feel like we're leaving a little home here....already we've been here two weeks and feel quite close with the family and the other helpxers we're living with. mhairi finally started saying carson's name and it is SO CUTE. it's her new favorite word! "carson, ca rson, carson" all day....when i walked down this morning she said "mel" and then "carson?!" over and over, not being able to wait until he walked in the door. i've never enjoyed hearing his name so much, and it's already my favorite male name in the world :)
the leaves have finally started changing here, yellows and some bright reds, and yet we head south once again, evading fall all the longer....it was so sad to leave vermont knowing what was to come of the fall color...i wonder if we'll ever see any...hopefully in austria or in italy if we're lucky!
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