Saturday

Last week I was rather busy. I had to set an alarm to rise at 5:30 am on three mornings. Today I decided to sleep in. I awoke with new-found energy. I worked on laundry & went to the market around mid-morning. I bravely bought a new brand of pickles (cornichons) based on a recommendation by Kalman & Jean. This is a much tastier pickle - very nice indeed!

For my American friends, I have decided to share a picture of some food items so one can judge the cost of food here in Thonon.

So here we have 250 grams of onions costing 2 euros. Roughly $4/pound.

125 grams of blue cheese costing 3.15 euros. Roughly $14/pound.

130 grams of chips costing 1.60 euros.  Roughly $5.40/pound.

A dozen farm-raised eggs costing 2.82 euros. Roughly $3.20.

A red pepper costing 1.04 euros.  $1.17

200 grams of pepper sausage for 3.70 euros.  Roughly $8.40/pound.

So a little more than we normally pay in northern Wisconsin. You can find some very interesting snacks to try and that makes shopping here a lot of fun for me.

After a morning rain shower the weather now is picture perfect! This from the vantage of my upstairs room in my apartment. Very nice!