Day 76: Pau, France

I was very, very tired this morning.  For some reason.  Don't know why.  I managed to make it to class, basically on time, and besides being very sleepy, it was ok.  For lunch, I went to La Vague, and got a lot of food, which made me feel full and energized and generally much better.  The afternoon class was fun.  Our teacher is really good about not trying to really teach much on Friday afternoons.  I appreciate how aware she is.  We learned some French hand gestures, and then we just talked about French bread and berets and our own cultures.  It was fun. 

After class, I went home and showered and and then did just a little trumpet before I went into town to meet with Jayna and Megan.  The plan was to go visit the chateau, but it turned out to be closed.  This was a bummer, but it wasn't so bad.  They were both just excited that it was 1.) Not raining, and 2.) not dark at 5pm.  We walked around Pau a little more, and stumbled upon Georgio's ice cream truck.  He is just getting rid of the last of his stock.  I told them we had to get some and that it would be the best ice cream that had ever had.  They both agreed that it was, in fact, that good. 

Le Place de Chatueau, with the Pyrenees in the background.

Once it was late enough, we went to eat, at the Italian restaurant I ate at during an opera rehearsal.  I had a menu which included a salad, lasagna and dessert for 18.50€.  The salad was a fresh mozzarella salad, and it was significant for two reasons.  It was the best mozzarella cheese I have ever had in my entire life.  It was so good, and just dissolved in your mouth.  My mouth.  It also contained the best olives I have ever eaten in my entire life.  There were not too salty, and had a great flavor.  Very good.

Best salad I have ever eaten.

The lasagna I had was very good.  It was just lasagna bolognaise, so it was nothing particularly unique, despite the fact that it was one of the best things I have ever tasted.  The dessert was also great.  I got a creme brulee and a cafe.  It was very, very good, but incredibly rich.  Overall, a really great meal. 

Yum.

After dinner, I just came straight home, and now I am going to go to sleep.