Sunday 11/20: Pumpkin, Applesauce, and Scrabble

I enjoyed sleeping late this morning and had a delicious breakfast of lemon curd on croissant. Excellent.

Then I hacked up the pumpkin I’d bought on Friday at the market—pulling out its guts and chopping it into good sized chunks. I popped it in the oven for almost 2 hours (the oven doesn’t work so well…), where it baked until mostly soft. Then I grilled the pumpkin seeds (which I’d washed and salted), so we could have them for a snack. Mmm!

Photo: My pumpkin!

This afternoon we (Ralf, Catherine, Margot, & I) planned to go to the cinema in town. However, upon arriving, there was a huge line! They were surprised because apparently that never happens here. Anyways, we waited for about 15 minutes before someone came out and said they’d just sold out. Unfortunately there was only one showing today, so we have to wait until Tuesday night to see the film. We were going to see “Intouchables”—a film which is apparently a big hit in France right now. I don’t know much about it, except that it’s about a disabled man and his caretaker, but that it’s hilarious and based on a true story. Sounds good…

Since we couldn’t watch the movie, Catherine, Margot, and I played Scrabble! It was a close game, but at the very last minute, Catherine whipped out a 50 point word (by adding a Y on a double word square) and won the game!

This evening, Catherine, Margot, and I headed into the kitchen to prepare dinner and dessert. We made soup, applesauce, and vanilla pudding. So, it took us a few hours to chop all the vegetables (and apples) and cook them. It was really fun because we turned on Simon and Garfunkel and just hung out. I was really happy—it felt like home! :)

Photo: Cooking dinner!

Photo: Applesauce! mmmm!

After dinner tonight (which turned out great—we ate the applesauce and vanilla pudding together for dessert…I was a little worried at first, but it wasn’t too bad), I hurried upstairs to play Scrabble with my mom and Mark. We played online and just took our turns like normal! It was really fun and I’m hoping we’ll get to play again soon!