Study, Study, Study

Dear Friends,

Today we had another day off from any tutoring, etc.  Unfortunately, we have a vocabulary test tomorrow, and it will be a contest to see who gets more wrong (or does better depending on your outlook on life).

We started out a little slow on the studying today as we slept in and read The New York Times while having a leisurely breakfast.  It was a beautiful day so we had to go for a walk along the bay.  We decided that we would walk along the path that leads to the point that goes to Nice.  The path goes quite away towards the end of the point before you have to go straight up hill to the road.  It was a beautiful walk.

This is a picture of Jane with the bay of Villefranche behind her.  The colors here are absolutely beautiful.  There is a reason so many painters loved the Côte d'Azur.

This picture shows where the path ends and forces you to go up the hill to the road.  We decided to simply turn around and follow the path back since it was such a beautiful walk.  Of course after all that exercise we needed a break.

So we stopped at a outdoor snack shop by the marina for an espresso and to read the local daily newspaper, Nice Matin.  We have gotten so we can get a good idea of most all of the articles although vocabulary remains a big problem.

After finishing our café, we needed to do some shopping, so we went to le Petit Casino, a supermarket chain, with two small stores in Villefranche (hence the "Petit").  We really just get ordinary supplies there like soap and trash bags although the produce etc. is quite good.  Of course we then had to go to the boucher (butcher), le traiteur (delicatessen) and the fruits et légumes vendeur (a guy who puts out fresh fruits and vegetables in a small square).

After a nice lunch at home and doing the laundry since it was a good day to hang it our to dry, we had to get down to the hard work of studying our vocabulary.

As you can see it was really hard work.  I am afraid that Jane will clobber me tomorrow in our vocabulary test, but it sure was a beautiful afternoon.

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal