Really, I am going to go celebrate with cheese fondue! Carolines adorable Aunt and Uncle who live in Paris have invited us over tonight for fondue and it is the only thing that got me through that exam! Nothing is more delicious than warm, gooey cheese dipped in various things on a cold winter night!
IT IS INDEED A COLD, WINTER, NIGHT! It is freezing here! The kind of cold that when you walk outside your face is immeaditley frozen and you can't make any expressions. Which is simply terrible because on my last week I would prefer to be frociling about Paris instead of trapped indoors! Between the bitter cold and the studying, I am restricted to musees and cafes! But that allll ends tomorrow! Because I have my final exam in the afternoon, and I am free to enjoy my last 3 days in Paris.
Oh mon Dieu. How is it possible? Only 3 days....
I just....
I don't even....
I can't think about it. Let's go back to talking about cheese!
Have I devoted a post to cheese yet? I don't think so actually. Not one just to cheese - I know I incorporated cheese in the things I was worshipping several times, but praise must be given to cheese, and it must be given now.
Brie, Camembert, Emmental, Comte, Pont-l'Évêque, Roquefort, and of course - my true cheese love, Chèvre.
Voila, Chèvre.
Mmmmmmmmm chèvre. Creamy, soft, sharp, tangy chèvre. Toasted on brioche, wrapped in philo and atop a salad, inside a crepe,in an omlette, or simply generously spread straight from the wrapping onto a crusty baguette. I have never tried it straight with a spoon, but I could see it happening in my future.
Chèvre has my made my life in France so much better. And you don't find chèvre in the states like you do here. Trust me, I will be on the lookout. Maybe I will have luck Balducci's, afterall, it is only a few blocks from my new nyc apt! BONUS
I need to face the facts that my life in nyc is not going to be like my life here. no more daily baguettes, no more chevre, no more crossiants, no more Notre Dame on my way home....
Caroline and I have already decided we're going to have "Paris Day" once a week. This will entail:
speaking only French all day,
listening to French music all day,
going to either Pain Quotidien, Madeleine, or Payard for lunch,
having wine and cheese night,
reading an excerpt from my Paris journal,
and watching either a french movie, or movie filmed in Paris
I also plan on getting a giant picture of the Eiffel Tower and taping it outside our window so it looks like we have a view.
La Vie Parisienne will continue, no matter what it takes!
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