WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Today we did some shopping, not at the open-air market, but in the covered market where "our" cheese man's shop is located. We purchased small selections of three cheeses, Munster (which is a sharp, pungent cheese, not like those bland muenster slices we have at home), a rather aged round of goat cheese, and some St. Albray. Pictured below is our favorite Roquefort, a selection of cheeses, and our cheese person, a very nice person who answered all our questions and agreed to the photos.








After cheese, we went to what has become our wine shop. It is a small shop just across from the covered market. We talked with the woman who runs the shop and she suggested a Coteaux du Loir red. It is a small vineyard area in the Loire valley. We also got a bottle of a red Pineau des Charentes. Below is a selection of her wines.





Back to the apartment, we found that they were going to be putting the finishing touches of paint on the elevator and it would be closed down for the next three days. Asa result, we had to walk up seven flights. Merde alors!