I saw this the other day and I thought I'd share it. I'm not actually sure that that it's true or that anyone uses this expression. (I've never heard anyone use this during a conversation). However, I thought this expression (if true) is super useful. After every conversation in French I always realize that there was a way simpler way to say something that I was trying to convey.
On Tuesday I went over to Elodie's house. Olof, Elodie, Marjorie, and I decided to make a rainbow tie-dye cake! I saw the idea on Pinterest.com and I really wanted to try it. Elodie and Marjorie had never heard or thought of using a food coloring for a cake. Marjorie was scared at first of the idea, but we finally convinced that blue cake tastes exactly the same as normal cake. In end, it turned out pretty spectacular...and delicious!
Our beautiful rainbow tie-dye cake!
We split up the batter into 6 different sections and added some coloring to each section.
Then, we layered the colors.
After it was baked, we made whipped cream like frosting and added strawberry Tagadas.
Tagadas are a type of sugary marshmallow candy that are super popular here.
On Thursday, Kristine and I took a train to Paris. Having been to there a couple of times, it was nice to spend a the day in Paris simply shopping...and where else is it better to shop than on the Champs-Elysées? The Champs-Elysées wasn't crowded (relatively speaking) at the time of year. So it was actually pretty relaxing. We also visited some other Parisian boutiques during the day. It was nice to spend the day without an itinerary. Every time I've been there it's been a very touristic experience- visiting museums and the Eiffel Tower. Yesterday was very relaxed and the "real" Parisian experience- going to cafés and shopping. This also meant to that I didn't take many photos.
L'Arc de Triomphe
She wasn't too thrilled to be taking a photo in front of the Arc de Triomphe like all of the other tourists, but in my opinion you can't spend the entire day in front of the Arc de Triomphe and not take a photo.
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The entire day was super relaxed until the end when we had to find a taxi for the train station. We assumed that it wouldn't be too hard to find a taxi on the Champs Elysées but we were dead wrong. Paris is not like New York and so it ended up taking 20 minutes to find a taxi--leaving only 20 minutes before our train was supposed to depart....and normally it takes 15-20 minutes to get to the station from the Champs-Élysées. When we finally arrived at the train station, we ran through the station trying to find our train back to Châtellerault. Luckly, we made our train. That being said, it was still pretty stressful as the train was the last of the day to Châtellerault.
It was only on Friday that we learned that David Beckham and Zinédine Zidane were in front of the Adidas store signing autographs all afternoon on the Champs-Elysées. Whoops!
Zut.
-Becca
