I can’t believe I am already halfway through the pastry/cooking part of my trip! I am definitely ready for a weekend, but before I head off to the mountains, I wanted to recap the week with a few highlights/lowlights. This week:
- Made three cakes and decorated them. The most intricate cakes I’ve ever made. If you have a birthday coming up (Andrew) – don’t expect quite this level of decoration!
- Prepared and made snails. The preparation was so gross – I’ll spare you the details, but they started out alive – that I didn’t even want to try them. So.. I didn’t.
- Made octopus pie – it was surprisingly a lot better than I thought and the octopus was cooked way better than I have had it before when I’ve tried it at restaurants at home.
- Ate a whole cake in less than 6 hours. I should probably start testing my blood sugar because I’m pretty sure I’m going to be diabetic after this.
- Ran to the top of a “mountain” in town with my camera and took some awesome sunset photos.
- Started getting a little bit homesick. France is so awesome, but there are definitely some things (besides people, obviously) that I miss and can’t wait to get back to! They include: good beer, chips and salsa, good internet, comfortable beds, salty/spicy food (everything here is SO creamy), fall weather.
- Went and explored downtown Agde – found out there isn’t a lot to explore! There was a really cool medieval wall and church, though.
Hope your weekend is filled with good beer, salty food, fast internet, and crisp fall weather! I can’t wait to share my weekend plans/photos with you!
More Croissants, Please! 