degustation

Ce weekend je suis alle avec quelques amies a visiter Chateau de Berne pour un degustation...et vraiment juste pour faire quelque chose je pense.
This weekend i went with some friends to Chateau de Berne for a wine tasting....and really just to do something i think.

Feel free to correct the french errors, je sais que je fait beaucoup (I know that i make a lot).

The weather was horrible - heavy rain and high winds; I was glad someone else was driving (thanks M!). I kept seeing these signs along the highway that said "130", not really realizing (for far too long) that it meant the speed limit was 130 km/h. Which of course means that under normal conditions everyone's going 150. And in crappy conditions everyone's going 120. I don't know if I'm going to be able to handle the Autobahn...

The directions provided on the Chateau's website are somewhat lacking as we had to call the Chateau three times to find out which direction to go...at one point we were on some rural side road that was the width of the car and barely paved. When we got to the end of the pavement and the beginning of the mud track it was time to call for directions again. Turns out we had taken the wrong road (Salernes not being the same thing as Satreine [something like that]). Anyway it was a minor adventure which is always fun. Plus I had been watching Scooby Doo in french that morning so had visions of us ending up at Castle Terror or some such thing. In case you were wondering, Scooby Doo is just as stupid in french as it is in english. I have been enjoying Clifford le grand rouge chien and Kim Possible though.

Nous avons 5 canals ici et chaque nuit on peut faire le choix entre Las Vegas, Friends, Les Experts (CSI), Law & Order, et Charmed. All dubbed into french. Then there are the french programmes which are tres bizarre...well pas vraiment plus bizarre que les 'game shows' en Amerique du Nord. C'est juste que je ne les comprend pas. Il y a quelque chose s'appelle Jour J et I just. don't. understand. what. it. is. about. It's like an entertainment programme which outlines various things...i'm not sure if the point is "today is Jan 30 and on this day 25 years ago so and so recorded their first album" or something like that....that's what i think but I really can't be sure.

Finally, I ate an entire baguette yesterday. Here's how:
11:55 a.m. - purchase baguette at boulangerie because it's sunday and you're paranoid that the store's going to close at noon because you haven't been able to figure out the sunday schedule after three weeks
12:33 p.m. - make mache salad, tear off 1/3 of baguette and smear with butter and dip in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. yum.
4:25 p.m. - make tea, tear off another 1/3 of baguette and smear with nutella. enjoy.
8:23 p.m. - make mache/cheese/tomato sandwich with the remaining 1/3 of baguette.
10:15 p.m. - walk into kitchen to make more tea and notice that all the bread is gone.