Today has been really nice. We spent the day with Alexis and Antoni. Alexis made crepes this morning. A crepe is basically like pancake but with only milk, egg and flour no sugar. We ate them with Nutella, jam, and honey. I had forgotten how much I like Nutella. Oh yeah, we had fresh and still warm bread this morning too!
We all went for a walk around Epinal. It is a town of about 30000 people, and was pretty calm because it was a Sunday. Most people don't work or go out on Sundays in France. At the top of a hill was an old castle. The town was rebuilding parts of the old walls and it just looked odd. There was a really nice view from the top. When I get back to the states I suppose I will start a flikr account to post images- not too many just a few good ones from each city. We came back to the appartment, packed a picnic lunch and went to a lake about thirty minutes away to eat it. The sandwiches were on fresh bread from the morning. After relaxing a bit in the sun, Antoni drove up to the top of a nearby mountain where we shot the mountians. It was beautiful! You could still see a few small patches of snow in the crevices on the side of one mountain. The wind at the top was very strong, just pushing you along.
After this and the drive home behind slow vehicles, we arrived back in Epinal around 6. It seems like every time the TV is on its either soccer, F1, news, or a movie. Ethan and I have been using their two computers and internet for the last day. It has been great. We were also able to call the US for free since it her part of Alexis's phone plan. Dinner was a pasta like thing made out of potatoe that I can not remember the name of with pesto. Ethan had had it before. It was chewey compared to pasta.
Antoni drives a lime greenish colored Citroen. For a small 2 door car it has a LOT of room. In the back we had plenty of knee room and head room. If a 6ft tall person was in the back his head might hit and he couldnt look out the windows much as the roof tilts towards the window. Our packs fit in the trunk space behind the seat pretty well too. Two large suitcases and 4 people would not have fit. This was my first time in a car outside the US that was not a taxi, so it was a new experience. Most cars here are manuals, too.
On another note, I saw 2 Miata's today. One sea foam green one from about 1999 and a 2005 or so silver one. I also saw 3 pickup trucks today- the ONLY three so far. These were deep in the country of course and one of them had a shell over the bed. They all had the full back row of seats so they could sit 5 people. One also had the big cheesy lights (think redneck) lights on the top.
Tomorrow we leave for Paris to get a night train to Barcelona. A full day of travel I think.
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