bonjour Nantes

well after a second full day of monet, Gauguin, and courbet, roasted chestnuts, and a great film (www.bricedenice.com) in Paris I am now in Nantes. Yesterday (saturday) i was invited by my nantaise friend Luca to attend a cooking class for the public in which she is the assistant to the chef. The cooking class took place at Luca's culinary school where she attends full time. it was fast and furious but i think i may have picked up a few french culinary moves that i'll have to share later, during the class it began to snow and before we knew it all was white and bon hommes de neige were popping up everywhere. nantes, according to Antoine, is the favorite city of the French, and i must concur though i will be doing my indepth research tomorrow. for the moment i am at a laundromat where they have internet machines built in the walls. well hope all is well with you all, love, cwt