Ah, yet another American holiday come and gone that really means nothing to me and that I probably will end up missing in Europe. Now that I think of it, this is my last American holiday for one year! Weird...
Labor Day does have a weird connotation though. For high schoolers in this area, it means back to school is here. Today's their last, lazy day of summer. I've never really thought about that in the past four years because going back to college was exciting, I didn't dread it like I dreaded back to school in high school.
It's a very strange feeling not having to prepare for back to school anymore. Well, I am, but not as a student -- so that's ok.
Back to my home life, the past three days have been kind of exciting because with my parents gone, I'm sort of like a responsible adult. My cooking's been keeping up with me as well. This morning Laura and I made whole wheat waffles with maple syrup and berries and I whipped up a banana-berry smoothie (my favorite thing to do when I was younger!). Then tonight for dinner I noticed some ground tofu "beef" in the freezer and made some quick tacos with a fresh tomato and mozzarella salad.
The salad kind of came on a whim after I fed the chickens and when I was watering the plants on the hill this morning, I noticed that the tomato plants were bursting with fruit. So of course, I had to pick as many as my little basket could carry. They really did smell so ripe that I knew I'd have to make a salad either for dinner or lunch.
Alamo really isn't as rural as it sounds. But either way, the fresh fruit and veggies are whetting my appetite for the Floral Market in Nice and all the amazing foods you can buy there each morning. I'm pretty sure if I don't live in Nice, I'll be taking the bus over there most Sundays to get some delicious food!
Vieux Nice's Floral Market:
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