I wish I’d gotten the title of this BD. it was at a museum about the shipyards in Nantes during WW II. The shipyards are no longer there but the history is very rich.
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Our first nite in Nantes didn’t go as planned. The person scheduled to meet us at the vacation rental did not meet us And was unreachable. as it got later and later, it was apparent we needed a Plan B… Rent a room at the nice hotel Mercure down the street. This was the view from the room. We did get a hold of the contact person… but it was nice to just crash. Church bells sounded in the next morning… How European.
Harold sure is excited… As you can see, he’s got his little beret… he is ready to go. He has promised me that he is going to try to keep from overdoing it on the absinthe and vin Francais … but we are going to Bordeaux, so I will cut him a little slack. The picture on the right was from our last travels… We were in Aix en Provence and I’d picked up a lovely graphic novel there called Le Temps des Cerises… it was taking a good long time to translate, but I got thru most of it… the watercolored toons are gorgeous… and I should really go back and have another go at it. I am greatly looking forward to visiting the comic book shops in our destinations. It’s always an adventure… and of course, I tend to judge a book by its art… because my French is so poor. But I will photo document my purchases… and Harold’s adventures… if you go to travelswithharold.com, you will see a good deal more of this. 
I cannot wait to enjoy the tasty goodness of CREPES Francais!
It may sound a little cliche… but the Parisians know how to make a good crepe… 
and I am really rather excited about the crepe-ing that will occur. In Paris, we’ll be staying in the Latin Quartier and there are many crepe places to choose from. My favorite is plain old Nutella … and in the savory camp… a turkey, cheese and basil fills me with zhwah. But I am ready to try new stuff… and we are not just going to Paris… but places west. There will be comparison crepe eating. Oh, yes.
The food really is better there in France. We Americans have a way of mucking up food with hormones and genetic tinkering… with pesticides and pre-ripened picking. We tend to value convenience over taste. Don’t think so? Just look at McDoh… (that’s McDonald’s).
In France, you buy groceries just about every day… you go down to the markets and get the fresh ready to eat stuff… and then you eat it… before it spoils…. asap. I like this process. The open air markets are little food adventures. The sellers have an intimacy with their product… Cheese mongers, veggie growers…they KNOW their thing… and are proud of it.
*** But I think things are getting better in this country… there’s a big push in the foodie-gastro circles to grow organic and use locally made artisan ingredients, etc. I hope the circles get bigger… because tasty food is better than convenient food.
Getting back to crepes… Did you know that even Nutella is better in France? They don’t add partially hydrogenated peanut oil (trans fat). I wonder how many jars I can fit in my luggage home?
