Arrival

Well I made it to Rouen just fine as you all know. The ride up was nice, rolling hills with wheat and corn. All the fields have scarecrows in them and the ones that didn't had crows in them. Lots of little towns and villages, about 5 or so km apart. They are all quaint with very old buildings and windy streets. Every one has a steeple. The farmers live right on the edge of town, they aren't in the middle of fields. A few towns had a big chateau surrounded by a wall and other outbuildings. The country is relaxing, even the cows lounge around. Maybe that is why the cheese is so good.

It is pretty laid back here. We get in at 9 am, drink coffee til about 9:30. Then another coffee break at 11 or so, hour for lunch, one or two more coffee breaks in the afternoon and leave by 5. Did I mention that the French like their coffee? So it is very social, many coffee breaks with everyone, all the offices have 3 or 4 people in them, so it is a more communal environment than the states.

This may turn into a food blog as well. A few of us went out last night to a creperie. Savory crepe for dinner, chorizo, cheese; egg, and tomato sauce. It was good, but of course you have to get one for dessert, crepe sucar (sweet). Bananas and chocolate for me, it was amazing! All for 10 euro, so not bad.

I was up until 11:30 last night, trying to get over the jet lag, so I had like 3 hours of sleep in 36 hours. Needless to say I slept pretty good last night. It is a little easier to stay up that much when you drink coffee all day (it is not exactly weak either, very strong here).


I will try to post pictures next week, I do not have a computer yet. French keyboards are different, so excuse any typos. Only a few letters are different, so I think I can type but I will miss a few letters. You have to hold shift for numbers and the period as well, weird. But I can type things like éèçàù€

au revoir

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