Rainy Sunday

Ahh what a good Sunday for writing. It's rainy and gloomy this morning and it looks like it rained last night. Though I am hoping it clears up enough to go exploring again today. For now I am just sitting with my cup of coffee reflecting over my past week. 

We learned so much this past week and I am excited to share it with you! Monday we had a proficiency exam to see which class we would be in, and classes began on Tuesday. I start everyday with my french class at 9 am for 3 hours and in the afternoon I have my pastry class for 3 hours. I feel like my head explodes every time I get out of french class and I feel like my heart explodes every time I get out of pastry class. Here's what happened this week, in photos!

I moved into my studying apartment complete with balcony! I will have to get an éléphant pour my balcon. And yes studying not studio, after we finish studying we will move to somewhere new!

I went for a sunset run along the beach which was gorgeous! 

And there is a little lighthouse on our cape!

The first thing we baked in pastry class was bread, though we had been preparing dough for puff pastry and tartes.

This is a delicious goat cheese that was made with unpasteurized milk. I don't know what happens during pasteurization but this cheese is better than any I have ever had!

Here is our chef on Friday piping the dough for éclairs and creme puffs!

We made a quick banana and chocolate cake to take home on Friday!

My roommate who is in the culinary class made this and when I came home and she was leaving for Montpellier she said she had something for me in the fridge!

Then my other roommate and I went poking around the grocery store. The wine section has literally ten aisles and a special wooden temperature controlled "cellar". 

They even have labels for the blind! Check out this label in Braille!!

After a little shopping we chose some tartes for our dessert.

Just a simple red wine with rotini in red sauce and our yummy tartes!

Well it looks like the sky is clearing up! Only one little cloudburst left in the sky so I think I will enjoy my coffee and go out in search of adventure!

See you next time!