Market Day in Douai

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October 10th 2009

Published: October 10th 2009

We had planned to go to St-Quentin today, but that didn't work out very well. We decided to stay in Douai and explore our new town a bit. Saturday is market day, and our little town has TWO markets. We crossed the canal and headed over to the food market (the other one is a bit more like a flea market, and after the braderie last week, we decided to take a break from sifting through junk). The mar... Read Full Entry

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Douai

photo credit: Katie Madison

Douai

photo credit: Katie Madison

Douai

photo credit: Katie Madison

Douai

photo credit: Katie Madison

Douai

photo credit: Katie Madison

Douai

photo credit: Katie Madison

Douai

photo credit: Katie Madison

10th October 2009

HeartandSeoul
Katie Lang

I thought that the blue stood for freedom? (as in from the Brits, not OMGFREEDOMFRIES)

11th October 2009

Kate in Africa
Kate Henschel

apparently it stands for perseverance, vigilance, and justice...who knew?

11th October 2009

Sara
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Do you have a lover? haha Wow. And I feel like you did a good job with explaining the American flag because I honestly had no idea what the colors stood for and would've given the wrong impression of U.S. citizens. But I guess it's kinda too late for that after hearing that the explanation of mobile homes is on the agenda! I'm glad you're having fun!

13th October 2009

Julia
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Colonists
She also said the colonists in the first 13 colonies were mostly French and Spanish. We only study the British because seat of democracy/revolution blah blah blah, but several of the colonies were primarily Spanish/French settlements, and so were several of the non original colonies (eg. Michigan and Florida), but she probably got that side of it being French.

14th October 2009

Jen
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Yikes!
I cannot believe your teacher said/thought all that about U.S. history! I've been under the impression that French people are pretty well-informed about the US (and the world for that matter), and it's been true from what I've seen here so far. But yikes!

29th October 2009

Maria
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Love reading your blogs kate-sounds like everybody perceptions of our country are different.

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