DELAYED POST, I am catching up our blog after our blogging hiatus while recovering from walking the Camino de Santiago.
December 24 and 25, 2013
A quiet Christmas eve for us. Tradition in France is to attend la Messe de Minuit evening mass followed by a large family meal, le Réveillon. Tracy and I had planned to go to midnight mass at Cathédrale Saint-Michel de Carcassonne, but Sami, the min-pin puppy, was having terrible separation anxiety when we would leave her alone in the apartment. Rather than impose Sami’s whining on our neighbors, we spent the evening dining in and then took a midnight walk with Sami through the Bastide. Beautiful night walking through the quiet lanes, enjoying the lights.
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Père Noël (Father Christmas) was good to Sami Christmas morning. Sami scammed all sort of treats and toys from Père Noël . Tracy had previously knitted Sami her own Christmas stocking.
Christmas evening Tracy made a delicious Christmas dinner. Turkey roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, sautéed mushrooms, corn, green beans, toasted chèvre cheese on baguette, champagne, and religieuse pastries for dessert. Sami even got a small portion for her dinner. The nice thing about living in France is that if you want French champagne for dinner it only requires a walk to the end of the block.
We had a nice visit with some of Tracy’s family as they gathered for dinner, via FaceTime on her sister’s iPhone.
Wonderful Christmas, but we are missing our kids over the holiday.
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