March is coming in like a lion
It's snowing like mad. And it's supposed to continue. We got about 6" overnight. We've probably gotten another 4" today. Who knows how much it's going to snow overnight. I just hope we don't have any more leaky roof incidents.
On another note, YS is doing much better. Thanks to you all for your prayers. Today they went to the Conseil de l'Europe, or European Council - different than the EU Parliament they went to Monday. Then they went to the Heineken brewery - and got to taste beer. So, how cool is that for a 20 year-old college kid? Yeah, he had fun.
Tomorrow is a long day. They're going to Struthof Natzwiller - the only concentration camp in France (because it was part of Germany during WWII) -which should be pretty moving. Then, they trek 90 minutes in the opposite direction to the Ligne Maginot, (Maginot Line) in Schoenenbourg. That will be pretty interesting, too. All the old battlements are still there, and he already knows a lot of the history of The Line, so he's interested in seeing it.
Friday they go to a pottery where they make the forms, or pots, for making Kougelhopf, which they made yesterday. From there, they will go to a farm where they raise the ducks for foie gras. Now, PETA, don't come knocking on my door. I didn't plan this trip, and it's France for crying out loud. They eat that there, and they raise the ducks there. Maybe seeing how they fatten these duck's livers will make activists out of these kids. Of coure, no visit to a foie gras farm would be complete without sampling the goods, something YS isn't too keen on now that he knows that pate de foie gras is made from duck or goose livers. They do get to have a big feast though, then on to Paris on Saturday. Things are looking up. I mean, really, it IS France, after all.
I'd better go shovel the driveway before The Spouse gets home. I'll tell you about my DirecTV upgrade tomorrow. Suffice it to say, I now have two DVRs, so I can record 4 programs at once. How great is that? Mostly, it's so The Spouse's Duke basketball recordings don't clog up my TiVo so I can't record MY stuff. The install was very interesting. Tomorrow. The snow is calling.
