I spent some time in Le Vieux-Port de Marseille Saturday, and walking in Les Préalpes yesterday. The bread and cheese here are fantastic, and I really enjoyed my dinner of scallops; bouillabaisse, and a raspberry-chocolate tart by the Mediterranean waters.
The little villages and cities here are decorated for Christmas with lights of course, and the traditional Southern European crèche (French) or Belén (Spanish). Children from the community work together to gather materials from the woods around their houses, and in combination with clay figurines, recreate the landscapes of Bethlehem at the time of Jesus's birth. Though I personally think the Belén created by the students at the primary school where I work is more impressive, this French Wikipedia page has some good examples from the same departement in France as the one I was in yesterday, Les Alpes de Haute Provence.
I am also taking some time to read a modern classic of American literature, A Confederacy of Dunces. This book is everything that makes me love and miss the city of New Orleans. It's also one of the few contemporary American works that has resonance with me. Quirky, hilarious, and uniquely NOLA...
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