To me, eating pigeon is sort of like eating one of the seagulls we saw on the beach today. But... I'm about to get over that feeling.
I felt better about the prospect of fitting in here anyway today. I'm up for this.
This afternoon, we rode our bikes to the beach (even though I had to stop traffic for a bit while I pushed the scooter into a parking spot) and had a picnic. I made it to real destination!
The wind was cold and the rocks on the beach were hard, but we had a wonderful time. I'll post a picture of the view.
The silliest thing made me feel happy today.
At one point, one of the plastic bags I'd brought blew away and I had to chase it down the beach beside the Promenade des Anglais. Some Frenchmen who were walking their dogs cheered, "Allez, allez!" as I ran, gave up, ran again, and then jumped on the bag.
Triumphantly (because I'd entertained the locals -- somewhat like fitting in), I returned with the bag and offered the Professor some freeze-dried astronaut ice cream I'd stuffed in our backpack for dessert. My sister gave it to me for Christmas and I told him it was one of our favourite things to eat as children -- just like the real NASA astraunauts!
He didn't love it. But, I guess the fact that he tried my "traditional" food is another reason I'm going to have to embrace this meal. I'll let you know how it goes...
Freeze-dried astronaut ice-cream? I have never tried it. That's news to me! I'm sure your pigeon meal were delicious! Speaking of picnic, I haven't had one since elementary school?!
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I'm sure you can order the freeze-dried ice cream over the internet... but it's um... got more of a nostalgic taste than a good one.
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