Sunday, April 6, 2008

Chocolate Chip Cookies avec Isabelle

Today was a really nice day. Sunday is very much a day of rest in France. None of the shops or stores are open, and I think in general families stay home to spend time together. I spent the first part of the day reading and relaxing. Then Nicky left with her cousin and I spent some time with Isabelle.

Isabelle loves to cook, and she's very good at it! She's also very interested in other cultures so today we made an American tradition, the chocolate chip cookie. Cookies don't really exist in France so it was something new for the family. It was also a fun exercise for me to have to translate measurements and words in order to cook in a French kitchen. In the end the cookies turned out great and were even a part of our Sunday dinner.

Another fun thing is Sunday dinner in France. For example we ate crêpes with Nutella, chocolat chaud, chocolate chip cookies, and a sort of apple crisp. So it was all desserts and sugar for dinner. It was also very nice to sit at the table with the whole family.

All in all it was a very nice sunday.

1 comment:

Kaiti said...

Sunday is definitely a day or rest here in Ecuador too. This past Sunday the group went to Ingapirca (an Incan ruins site), and both when we left and when we arrived back almost nothing was open and there were casi nunca coches en la calle. I'm glad you like your family and are getting along well! And I'm jealous of your dinner of sweets... we hardly ever have sweets here- Except their ice cream, which is AMAZING. Keep learning and enjoying yourself!
-Kaiti, tu amiga en el otro lado del mundo