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Hi Friends!!

So I'm back in France after a brief jaunt to Spain, and the coffee here is much better. I'm going to brief but here are a few things about the south of France, more specifically Aix-en-Provence:

People are not very nice.
It rains a lot.
Le Mistral is worse in person than it is in theory.
The food rocks.
I found a bookstore with books in English (seriously how many times can you read Atlas Shrugged?).
Boys are not that cute.
Hostel BLOWS. I don't even have a power outlet in my room. I think that must be against some kind of law.
Wine is tasty. Nice restaurants.
Found a bar with good beer... which I was beginning to think was hopeless (La Chouffe!!!!).
Buses stop running at 10... isn't this a college town??
Nice landscape.
Lots of Art. Lots.

So last night I had a truly wonderful dinner at Le Petit Verdot. I had a foie gras pate which was amazing to start. I then had a take on blood pudding 'shepard's pie' which knocked my socks off. Dinner was very rich so I didn't have dessert but they offered me a delicious grappa digestif which I truly appreciated because I thought I might burst at the seams. I had a kir to start and two glasses of syrah from the local area. Yum.

Okay, I'm going to go explore around some more and head to the Cezanne musuem after lunch!
Missin Boston like crazy...

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