At Home in France

I wanted to share a couple of additional pictures. 

The first one is of the results of a typical grocery shopping for us.    The items picture includes breakfast (4 chocolate croissants), lunch (turkey, ham, cheese, bread), snacks (chocolate, cookies and chocolate mousse), drinks (apple juice, wine).  

The tablecloth pictured is the cloth I purchased at the St. Remy market a week or so ago.

This next picture is of a lovely gateway located in a round-about (of which there are thousands in France).  It is coming into our 'home' town of Chateaurenard from Avignon.  Through the open gate you can see the 'chateaux' up on the hill overlooking the town.  It is a beautiful spot.  The town we are in is definitely off the tourist trail which has been very nice.  We are most likely the only Americans in town so people recognize us easily.  This is a town of about 14,000 people.  Everyone has treated us very, very well.

I have had a lot of fun speaking french - asking for various things, including reminders as to what the word for something is (like spoon, knife, napkin) etc.   We have gotten along very well and have had no problem making ourselves understood.