First Week of REAL Classes.

WOOF.  Is all I can say.  This week felt like I went back to middle school, except you have the same two profs and the same 15 people in your class All. Day. Long.  Although classes were rough, I managed to fit some fun into the week.  On Monday, we went to Chateau Chenonceau and les caves de Vouvray.  At the chateau we got to row some bateaux!  It was sweet because we could go under the castle.  Then we went to the wine caves of Vouvray!  There we took a brief tour of the caves and the bottling building.  Après all that, we got to try 3 wines that the caves bottle.  They were très delicieux.

 "H" for Henri II and are those "Cs" for his wife Catherine de Medici or "Ds" for his mistress, Diane de Poitiers?  The world may never know.

Monday was also 4th of July!  It felt strange not to be laying on the beach somewhere with a hot dog in hand.  But we managed to find a way to celebrate.  I mean, if it weren't for the French, Independence Day may not exist!

Then on Tuesday, my class had a Wine and Cheese Tasting Class!  I learned what to look for, smell for, and taste in both white and red wines!  It's all about to jambes when it comes to the whites.  They tell you sugar content within the wine.  With reds, you look at the robes: more purples means younger I believe, while a more orange color means it's been aging for a lil while.  The wine guy also taught us the term millésime: a wine year.  Just so everyone knows, 1990, the millésime I was born in, was a WONDERFUL year for french wine. 

This upcoming week I will spending most of my time reading La Place and Vipère au Poing.  Should be a good time...