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We are a retired American couple living in France, enjoying the good life with our cats. Our house is in a small hamlet among the Ste. Foy vines. We also have a sailboat that the male half of the spousal unit sailed across the Atlantic in the summer of 08. When the weather warms we will start to visit the sailing ports of Europe. Our stories chronicle our life in France: the good life, the hard life, and the sailing life.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Happy Alowine (Halloween)







The first French-English language group meeting of the year was chez nous this morning. Because how Americans celebrate Halloween is legenday among the French, we put on a Halloween do. There were pumpkin flavored cupcakes with cream cheese icing, coffin or tombstone shaped chocolate madelaines, caramel apples, and caramel popcorn. There was also mulled cider which was a bit hit. The morning discussion centered on the traditions, lore, and foods of Halloween. We even found a small pumpkin to carve in the market in Montpon. We are having our Indian Summer so it was a perfect morning for those who live in town to take a drive in the vines to our home. A good time was had by all.

1 comment:

beeinstitches said...

Oh! That must have been so much fun. LOVE the carved pumpkin! AND you probably have some fantastic weather for it, unlike our 88 degrees. UGH!