We finally got to attend a Francophile meeting in Bellevue. I found this group on the Meet-up website, which introduces strangers with similar interests. In our neighborhoods there is also a Russian meet-up, as well as a Bellevue Creative Writing group; there are Bollywood dance classes, Bellevue Active Mums and Eastside Christian Faith Singles.
The French rendezvous take place regularly at a nearby bakery. What a great opportunity to meet new people and speak in French. We learned these that the group’s founder, has Polish roots. The meeting has motivated me to watch TV5 Monde États-Unis more often and frequent the French dvd collection at local library.
When I lived as an Erasmus exchange student in Aix-en-Provence, I regretted not seeing the beautiful lavender fields.
Fortunately, though on a much smaller scale, I made it up in the United States. It turned out that the nearby city of Woodinville we can promenade on a Lavender Farm. I discovered this charming place, while spontaneously reviewing photos on Instagram.
The farm has two types of lavender: French and English. We walked among violets and relaxing scent of lavender. Not surprisingly, the farm also serves as a place for wedding ceremonies. Before leaving we had a cooling grapefruit lemonade. In the parking lot the owner of the farm approached us. We were told that we can always come back and … help with harvesting. Volunteers are apparently awarded with a bouquet of lavender and an ice cream bar.
Another nice and rather frequent French accent in my American reality are meetings with Jacqes and Claude … Dean ne t’inquites ne pas! … You know that these are just the names of pancakes in our French Bakery:)
Quel plaisir …
