(National French rugby team -- hot I know -- see below for more)...Today at least.
It seems I can keep up with my "diet" in France as well. I'm worried because with my blood sugar and cholesterol levels so high, they'll spike here in France, but apparently food companies are starting to cater more towards us frail of heart.
In Champion the other day, I found glucose-low jams and snack bars. Sarah told me Silhouette makes milk with 0 percent matière grasse (skim) although I've yet to find any, my roommate has light butter, and I even bought no sugar added yogurt -- French yogurt is better than anything I've ever tasted before -- and bread with flax seeds and Omega-3s!
Someone needs to get on me to stick with these types of products. But the food here is SO GOOD. For example, the bananas come from Martinique and they're much more flavorful than the American bananas. I feel much more relieved about everything now, because I was able to figure a little more out. Like this morning I went downtown to the marché (like a big, huge, daily farmer's market) and FINALLY found some olive oil and balsamic vinegar, along with a big sack of herbes de provence... mmm now I can finally enjoy my salads properly.
But the best thing of all?
I HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT!!! Crédit Agricole was so so SO much easier to deal with than BNP, I got four copies of the R.I.B -- necessary paperwork for my salary and carte de séjour -- and an account with 200€! However, it's still limited because I forgot the one last paper from my roommate. She told me she'd get it to me by next Tuesday, but the appointment's not until Saturday. Until then, I just have to wait in line on the inside to make all of my transactions, but hopefully in two weeks, I'll have my carte bleue (ATM card)!!!
I feel very accomplished already for it only being 11 a.m. The rest of the day's going to be pretty calm, but I'm trying to convinve my friend to come to a bar near the Port of Antibes tonight to watch the France vs. New Zeland match in the Rugby World Cup, which is held in France this year. All the news stations have been abuzz because the French are called "Les Bleus," meaning they ONLY wear blue jerseys. On the other hand, the Kiwis are the all Blacks. So the media's huge worry is that since the two colors are very similar, someone's going to have to wear white. Heaven forbid it would be the French; in their homeland. This is seriously a huge concern to a lot of people, I can't even make this junk up!!
Well, I guess I'll see tonight who's going to be in their color and who's in white...
But the best thing of all?
I HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT!!! Crédit Agricole was so so SO much easier to deal with than BNP, I got four copies of the R.I.B -- necessary paperwork for my salary and carte de séjour -- and an account with 200€! However, it's still limited because I forgot the one last paper from my roommate. She told me she'd get it to me by next Tuesday, but the appointment's not until Saturday. Until then, I just have to wait in line on the inside to make all of my transactions, but hopefully in two weeks, I'll have my carte bleue (ATM card)!!!
I feel very accomplished already for it only being 11 a.m. The rest of the day's going to be pretty calm, but I'm trying to convinve my friend to come to a bar near the Port of Antibes tonight to watch the France vs. New Zeland match in the Rugby World Cup, which is held in France this year. All the news stations have been abuzz because the French are called "Les Bleus," meaning they ONLY wear blue jerseys. On the other hand, the Kiwis are the all Blacks. So the media's huge worry is that since the two colors are very similar, someone's going to have to wear white. Heaven forbid it would be the French; in their homeland. This is seriously a huge concern to a lot of people, I can't even make this junk up!!
Well, I guess I'll see tonight who's going to be in their color and who's in white...
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