Our Day in Rennes

This is a picture of the Place Sainte Anne, in Rennes, which is where Jessica studied this semester. The half-timbered houses are a common sight in Brittany (the region), and some of them date back several centuries. You can also see the place where we ate galettes (a traditional Breton food) and crepes, and drank some Breton cidre.

A unique variety of the Gladiolus and Iris at the Parc de Thabor

We finally met Mme Souchet, Jessica's "host mother" for the past five months. Bruce didn't feel up to making the trip to Rennes, unfortunately. She had a gift for Judy and Bruce and for Jessica, and Jessica had to interpret everything that was said. It was nice to know that Jessica can, in fact, speak French and be understood (since we often can't understand her when she speaks English). Then the six of us divided up the many bags of Jessica's stuff and carried down the street out to the bus stop, on the bus, to the train, and through the Paris metro. Mission accomplished.

We had dinner around 10:00 at Les Deux Magots, a famous cafe that has known several famous clients, notably Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Ernest Hemingway. Besides her own foie-gras-and-duck-topped salad, Kathy tried some of everyone else's supper as well. It's now 12:08 am, and since we want to get to the Louvre by 9:00, we'll be signing off for now...

-Mindy, Cindy, Kathy, Kim, Jessica