These Boots Were Made for Walking

So I went on a long walk today and this is what I found:

1. The Eiffel Tower. That is basically my North Star around here…wherever that is in relation to me I can find my way home.

2. Sojade (http://www.sojade.fr/) - as I was walking sur le promenade of the Eiffel Tower there was some kind of ‘festival’ going on…I couldn’t quite figure out what it was - half of the booths pertained to health and fitness and the other half was ‘Made in Africa‘…there was also a big stage with music and public dancing

The important part of this is one of the booths was giving away free samples so if you know me I definitely helped myself - no language barrier will ever come btwn me and food - I learned that soja is soy so I guess I had some kind of soy strawberry yogurt….it was amazing! Je souhait que on vient aux États-Unis!! If not, I will be the first to set up a franchise for it… it is 100% vegetarian and probably vegan in this case since its made of soy…I might have to make a request when Nicole asks me what I want from the grocery next time.

Ps - I just had the BEST mixed berry crumble ever following camembert and the DUCK we ate for dinner…I’m pretty sure I got really lucky on finding a family that knows how to eat well and make it taste ridiculously good too…oh, it is also difficult for me to grasp the whole cheese thing as a separate course - last night we had some cheese and wine after dinner - ok fine that is dessert I know this, so tonight when we had the camembert after dinner I was thinking this is dessert…however when they were like who is ready for dessert??…I gave a mouth-dropping look of Moooore? I don’t know how people stay so skinny

3. Zara! I love having been deprived in Richmond and Charlottesville of this store…not that it is anything special but it just makes me tingle with excitement when I find one abroad…I think that I have been to more Zara’s in other countries than the US - maybe I should start tracking my travels with Zara thumb tacks?

4. I am still looking for the perfect little café to make my own, so I will let you know when I discover that buried treasure - I came closer today but it still awaits me…I did see some cool places that I want to try out though whenever YOU come visit me or I make a friend lol (I might be waiting awhile for the former so I had to include the latter)




-and yes i was wearing boots :)