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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.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Thanksgiving for 15


We celebrated Thanksgiving like most other Americans last Thursday. We had ordered "un gros dinde" (a big turkey) way back in August in order for it to be ready at the end of November. We had friends come over from the DC area who brought fresh cranberries. Other friends from Brittany brought oysters raised just beyond their front door. Most other foods were local: potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, leeks, apples, pears, salad, cheese, and of course the wine. We spent a long afternoon eating and talking in 3 languages: English, French, and Italian.

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