St. Gervais and the Markets

Hello everyone!  It's been a busy week.  Last Thursday through Friday I went to St. Gervais with my class for a philosophy seminar.  The guest philosophy speaker was probably really intellectual about philosophy, but I hardly understood anything he said.  It was a good time to be with my classmates though and get to know people better.  We also saw some cool Baroque churches from the 1700s and a newer church that was full of artsy stuff.  I gave an oral report about the history of stained glass, which I think people understood.  St. Gervais is known for being really close to Mont Blanc, which is the highest mountain in Europe and covered in snow all year.  Blanc=white, it's very logical!  So anyways we got to see the really pretty mountain.  We also visited a place where 'sisters' (the religious kind) live and people can go there to relax, go to religious sessions led by the sisters, etc.  We had a few hours of Q&A with the sisters about their beliefs and life, then ate supper.  Supper was really good, and lots of food!  First course was a soup, like chicken noodle but without chicken or noodles.  That leaves basically broth and veggies.  Next we had spaghetti and lettuce salad, which was awesome.  Spaghetti, I missed you!  Then we had cheese or yogurt, then a fruit mix (like fruity applesauce).  It was delicious!
 
Last weekend, I went to two markets: the normal one on Saturday morning to buy fruit, veggies, cheese, and meat; and the Braderie to buy..anything!  The market was cool to see all the different types of fresh food-very cultural as well!  The Braderie was awesome.  Think of it like a high class flea market that happens twice a year, that is with actually good, new things that you would want to buy, all over downtown.  We're talking about LOTS of vendors!  Clothes, purses, shoes, books, jewelery, makeup, pretty much anything, and for a good price.  I got some clothes :)  And there was lots of cool food too.  There's 'barbe à papa', which means Dad's Beard, which is..cotton candy! I had a kebab, which in French means a bread shell filled with rotisseried meat mixed with onions or something.  It was pretty good but hard to eat! 
 
Au revoir!