Food-centric weekend (yes this describes most of our days)

Yesterday, we decided not to go the Bern and were planning on going to the market in Ferney Voltaire to have oysters and white wine for breakfast again. When we got up, however, it was pouring, so we hung out at home until everything cleared up and watched a little bit of American tv from this past week. At around 11, it was clear so we headed into town to walk through our local market and then head into Geneva. We got to the bottom of the hill only for Matt to realize that he left his wallet back at home so we had to head back up (he did buy me an eclair to make up for this). Since there wasn't another bus for awhile, we ate lunch here and chilled out for awhile and then tried again. This time we successfully made it into Geneva, tried to do some shopping at H&M, but were dissuaded by the lines. We then went to the different department stores and picked up some necessities (bread, cheese, wine) at Coop city and headed into Ferney to eat dinner.

On Thursday, we went to have pizza to celebrate my passing the bar and were planning on having champagne afterwards, but I was completely exhausted and just wanted to relax and pass out. So Saturday was more of a celebratory night. We have also been craving spicy food and had heard that there were a few good Indian restaurants in Ferney so we tried one. When they brought the picked hot pepper condiment, we began eating it with a fork. We also got nan avec fromage, which is just absolutely amazing and filled with brie. After a great dinner, we took the bus home and split a bottle of champagne, while chilling out.

Today, we bussed into Geneva again to attend the expat expo and picked up a lot of flyers from various organizations, along with bagels and hummos from an American style bakery. We then headed to the autumn bio (organic) outdoor market in Ferney. We arrived, and had not had lunch, so got a few crepes with an espresso (for Matt) and cider (for me). Forgetting I was in France and thinking that this was an outdoor market in the fall, I was expecting hot cider while instead it was fermented cold cider. It was a fantastic mistake though as the cider was bubbly, fresh, and really delicious. We bought vegetables, chevre, and bread, and then explored the wine sellers. They all invited you to do tastings, although compared to tastings in the U.S., they would just hand you a full glass of wine to try. It is an interesting experience -- these wines are really good (the NY Time has even developed a crush on them), but the labels for the bottles from these small producers seem to be made on inkjet printers. Since I have complained about the price of everything here, let me say that these wines from the vineyards were really well-priced, especially for how good they are. We also picked up some lavender honey and a honey spice cake and my stomach is growling thinking of dinner tonight.