"Cool, I'm glad the Packers won. I was thinking about that at about 7:00 pm yesterday, when it was noon in GB.
My host family is great--Madame and her daughter Elisabeth (who is 18) are really nice. Madame speaks only French, and although Elisabeth knows English, she speaks only French. The food so far is wonderful. We had baked chicken quarters Saturday night, then a bread and cheese course, then yogurt for dessert. The cheese basket is so cool--it has about 6 types of cheese, none of which I'd ever heard of. I took a liking to the Chèvre, a tube shaped soft white cheese, and I'm developing a taste for the Vache--it has a very pungent flavor. It's a hard cheese, block shaped more or less. We eat the cheeses with crusty french bread or whole-wheat crackers.
Gotta go!
E."
Note from Mom: You can tell this girl is from Wisconsin. Thousands of miles from home, in a new and different place, and what does she talk about?? The CHEESE!!!!!!! ;^)