We took a walking tour of the city blocks around my parents apartment. The city is called Eysines. The building are all covered with a blackness mostly near the bottoms of the buildings. Because we are so near the ocean, it is very humid, and I think the black coating is mold. We saw the same thing when Allen and I went to St. Louis. The buildings are all made of stone, and the mold and other things like moss and lichens grow on everything. In several places someone had scratched the word “Eysines” on buildings. There were cute stores and a big church. Everywhere you go there is ornate architecture, or rather embellishments to the architecture. Each front door is different and unique,
the windows often have shutters, and the churches are all extremely ornate. There are beautiful stained glass windows, but the lady in the church gave me such a look. She came out and said something about the patrons. I guess we shouldn’t take pictures where people are praying. We saw floral shops, bakeries, and hair salon’s everywhere you look. We went to a large grocery store, and saw isles of fish and seafood. There was a dead eel, at least 5 feet long, maybe 10 inches in diameter, face, eye balls and all. There were also snails. Live snails!! What was unusual is that the fish was open access for anyone to pick up and serve yourself, just like the produce department. Weird. We also saw the cutest candy shop. I bought candy just to get the cute bag they package them into. My mom is now a real French chef. She cooked us the yummiest French onion soup I’ve ever had. And the next meals were equally as delicious. We don’t need to eat in an expensive French restaurant, we have mom.
the windows often have shutters, and the churches are all extremely ornate. There are beautiful stained glass windows, but the lady in the church gave me such a look. She came out and said something about the patrons. I guess we shouldn’t take pictures where people are praying. We saw floral shops, bakeries, and hair salon’s everywhere you look. We went to a large grocery store, and saw isles of fish and seafood. There was a dead eel, at least 5 feet long, maybe 10 inches in diameter, face, eye balls and all. There were also snails. Live snails!! What was unusual is that the fish was open access for anyone to pick up and serve yourself, just like the produce department. Weird. We also saw the cutest candy shop. I bought candy just to get the cute bag they package them into. My mom is now a real French chef. She cooked us the yummiest French onion soup I’ve ever had. And the next meals were equally as delicious. We don’t need to eat in an expensive French restaurant, we have mom.
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