brunch

we finally got the 2 maries, marie d and marie m, to come over for brunch. there had been many back and forths and falling through of dates, but finally they made it over. i made quiche provencale (store bought crust, layer of swiss cheese, sauteed chopped zucchini, egg mix (3 eggs, 1.5 cups milk, salt), topped with tomato slices and sprinkled with herbs de provence) accompanied by smoked salmon and bayonne ham (sort of like prosciutto) and an avocado endive salad. we hadn’t seen marie m. since july when she went on her adventure in uzbekistan and we had gone south. she was very adventurous going off there on her own, with her backpack and head scarf. she’s not your typical ceo... it was also great to see marie d. who is also so helpful to us in organizing our life in france. we told them about jj’s plight at school and our views on the french school culture so far. interestingly, they said that it was the culture specifically at OUR school. they said that in france the current problem in the schools is opposite to our problem it’s too LITTLE discipline. Print this post