We have safely arrived in Paris and are settling in to our new home. We are staying with friends ~40 mins by train/metro to the heart of Paris for now, until we find our own place in a few months.This weekend was the last weekend of the largest trade show in France - no it's not the trade show for strikers, protesters and car burners, but the Food and Agriculture show. We didn't know what to expect but, in the end it was great: Everything to do with food and agriculture. Everything from equipment, livestock, animal competitions (i saw a nice brown rabbit that scored 95.5/100), to food (lots of sausages and cheese nonetheless), wine, banking and insurance for the food and ag industry, tourism, clothing, absolutely anything and everything you could possibly think of that had to do with animals, food and farming. Unfortunately it was the last of the 10 day show so it was absolutely packed with people. As you can imagine people living in Paris don't get to see the farm life too often! We went in the afternoon which made it even worse!
A few sample pics are here, with more posted on our photo site:
www.picasaweb.google.com/dkspence76
des Charcuteries et des saucisons secs (cured meats)
the prettiest duck i've ever seen
very ancient breed of work horse
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