Babyhood

Yesterday I took Kevin to the château in Fontainebleau for the annual gourmet food fair (funny how this theme crops up in all my letters), which was fabulous. We tasted flammekeuche (savoury tart from Alsace), truffles, salmon, sushi (a team of Japanese chefs were the special guests this year), gingerbread, shortbread, chocolates made by the Patissier de l'Année 1999, many different kinds of ham and cheese, etc etc, and all that for 25 francs! My taste buds were in heaven! We watched real chefs at work and one of them carved an apple into the shape of a bird and gave it to Kevin. Then we picnicked outside and played soccer, after which we were rather cold and tired. So a nice, restful afternoon at the cinema was called for. We saw Toy Story 2 at the cinema instead. It was a really lovely day.