Packing/Mama

Hello All!

I'm here with Mama and taking a break from packing (which I've been doing for about... 15 minutes.) Exhausting.

We're leaving for Italy tomorrow! We'll meet up with Papa G there and have a wonderful 5 days exploring before we return to Toulouse and Dad takes home a large suitcase full of my things (thanks pops!) I'm currently in the process and packing said suitcase and it should hopefully make final packing much easier (and lighter.)

So far Mama and I have taken it pretty easy. We've checked out a flea market type thing and walked around town.  We walked by the river and Mama even participated in our weekly pub quiz! She likes the Melting Pot almost as much as we do!

We've tried out a few new restaurants, which have all been pretty yummy. The first night she was here, we went for fondue and got something called Raclette. This is essentially half a wheel of cheese that they stick on your table under a heat lamp. They serve it with baked potatoes and ham. Once the cheese is melty, you tilt it over your plate and scrape the cheese onto your plate using a wooden knife/spoon thing. And as we were told multiple times- you scrape with BOTH hands and you DON'T scoop! It was quite a new experience!

People were supposed to be coming over to check out my bed and desk today, but they're being very blase about actually coming, so we'll see.

Later today Mama is going to meet Christophe and we'll give him a thank you gift for all of his help full of goodies from home, including: Bridgewater Chocolate, maple syrup, honey, beans from the Silo, a Yankee Candle, and of course, a New England Patriots t-shirt.

I'm not sure how much I'll be posting before I get home, but I'll try to give you all an update all about Italy. I'll promise you a post-France post as well, but after that, I'm not quite sure what will become of this blog. I enjoy reading it, but once I'm back in New Milford, it's sure to become much less interesting, that's for sure.

But, for now- Mama G and I are living it up!

PS- Toulouse in the sunshine is absolutely the most incredible place in the world.