Heureux jour de l'action de grâce

Or... Happy Thanksgiving Day!

I started my French lessons again this week, and I'm always looking for opportunities to learn new words. Last night playing pool I learned that we share the word catastrophe; the French just say it a little more passionately than we do. Now I've learned how to say Thanksgiving. I'm not sure how often either of these words will come up in conversation, but I guess they're more useful than sea monster (monstre de mer) or hyperbolic chamber (chambre hyperbolique)... at least I hope so.

Tonight we are celebrating with a couple other transplanted Americans at a local hotel that is putting on a little Thanksgiving faire. The option of cooking at home is out, since our local stores don't carry turkey, cranberries, or much of anything else for a proper meal, except maybe sweet potatoes. I got a tip that there's a place in France you can get turkey, but they are like 20 Euros a pound... I don't need to cook that badly!

We miss you all back home! Have a great day watching football and filling up on all that delicious grub. We will be thinking of you! :)