In 1992, due to falling sales of this long-established and time honored product, the hexagon initiated a "Fete de Pain" or bread festival every year, to honor the bread makers through competitions for the best breads and rekindle interest and tastes for the yummy goodness. Of course, free bread means it is a requirement to attend, and so this past weekend Em, Ash and I wandered through the tents in front of Notre Dame tasting, smelling and of course eating our way through the afternoon.
Learning the ins and outs of bread making; hot from the oven
tasting some mint milk (much better than it sounds, comparable to melted mint chocochip ice cream)
Following the very filling bread session, was some wandering through the Marais thrift shops (I have a debate for a class in a few weeks where I will be portraying a military general, and as we are encouraged to dress up for our roles, I decided to hunt for something official looking, no luck yet) and stumbled across an 'open to the public' fashion show and market based on designs from Africa. The temptation to open my wallet was getting too great, so I finished the evening at a friend's EuroVision party.
Eurovision is a sort of American Idol, but for Europe and for a single night, where each European country (and Israel) sends a group or single artist to represent its nation, people can call in to vote, and each country divides up points to hand out to other countries. Jeremy, our German host for the event, describes it as both an interesting political moment and the one evening where all of Europe simultaneously hates one another. This year's contest took place in Moscow, where Norway walked away with first place. For videos of the contestants from this year, please see youtube link below, as well as the video from one of the favs of past contests :)
http://www.youtube.com/user/esc2009tv?blend=2&ob=4
Ukraine entry, 2007
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