Good finds:
1. Simply - grocery store right on the bus line where I know I can buy Nutella, the coffee capsules I've been using non-stop at the house, and also price out shampoo, conditioner, and toothpaste against the organic brands here.2. Farmer's market - one farmer! That's right. The farmer's market was comprised of one farmer. I bought six apricots, four carrots, two lemons, two gigantic summer squash (one green, one yellow), and a bunch of chard (which would spend the rest of the afternoon wilting in my bag unfortunately) - all for just five euros!!!! We spent a while talking and he told about his family (his wife and daughter) and how he grows his produce. Really beautiful stuff. I gave him one of my personal chef flyers. He said his wife works on the radio and that he can pass that along to her. Woohoo!
3. Bike shop - I tried out a bike that was only 93 euros, but it was too small for me and the handle bars were all whack. Everyone likes to ride upright here... Bleh! In one shop I met a guy from Poland (whose household employs a personal chef from Thailand!!)... He works as a specialist in the whisky and spirits industry. He's in Tours learning French and researching the wine industry. Not a bad lead... I gave him a flyer!
4. APARTMENT! There is a really, really perfect apartment for rent in Les Halles (an amazing area on the perimeter of downtown Tours) that I checked out today. The manager showed me around and it really seems like exactly what I need (except that there's no bedding, cookware, laundry, etc., hmmm...)
I returned home triumphant today. After a week here, I finally feel like I'm organizing my life and settling into France in my own lazy-American-accent-driven sorta way. :)
I went shopping to the little organic market and got home at around 4pm ready to cook! On the menu today? Quinoa with almonds and raisins, sauteed salt and pepper carrots, and roasted garlic and rosemary summer squash (in hindsight, I'll admit I should've roasted the carrots and sauteed the squash...). I guess they have a convection oven here, so it cooked the shit outta that squash in twenty minutes flat! We didn't eat until after practice (11pm-ish) anyway, so I planned on blaming any faults on the microwave... Hehe!
Tonight, was our first practice with the entire team. There were ten girls in all. Maggy sat us down all together. We introduced ourselves and listened to her philosophy. Looking around, it felt like a team we can invest in and be proud of! If we miss a practice, the girls agreed, we have to bring snacks for the entire team (Isn't that awesome?!?! I love them!). I have been tasked with coming up with a pre- and post-practice cheer for our team - OH MY GOD THE PRESSURE!!!! Anyway, we had a hard practice (a lot of running and passing and jumping). I'm going to be sore as hell tomorrow and I can't even imagine how the other girls must be feeling right now... Ey!
Here are a couple of fun words I've encountered recently and their meanings:
piquer - to sting/to be spicy hot (like food)
grignoter - to snack
clignoter - to blink
une cloque - a blister
la sueur - sweat
respirer - to breathe
transpirer - to sweat
s'égoutter - to drip
pleuvoir - to rain
la tonnerre - thunder
le coup de foudre - lightning
...and YAY, yoga tomorrow, so I'm quick studying body parts vocab - you had it coming! ;)
to stretch - s'étendre
head - la tête
back - le dos
neck - le cou
chest - la poitrine
shoulder - l'épaule
shoulder blade - l'omoplate
arm - le bras
armpit - l'aiselle
elbow - le coude
wrist - le poignet
hand - la main
finger - la doigt
stomach - le ventre
belly button - le nombril
hip - les hanches
leg - la jambe
knee - le genou
calf - le mollet
ankle - la cheville
foot - le pied
arch - la voute plantaire
heel - le talon
That's all I can think of for now! More later!
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