Progress

Happy to say that my language skills are improving. I breezed through

the supermarket today. I bought fish, asked for a smaller piece. Is asked if they had any printer labels, which they didn't for the computer. I understood the cashier when she told me that I forgot my glasses . I bought flowers and asked for them individually. I bought gas with a new attendant and it all worked out well.
I did cause a small avalanche of cheeses in the goat cheese aisle. It got a laugh out of. Fellow shopper as I scrambled to pick them up.
When I bought the flowers there were some Brits buying some geraniums ...wow, early for geraniums. I had spoken French the whole time and suddenly hear the word "pink". I looked over and acknowledged myself as an English speaker too. The woman that owned the flower shop said...Oh vous etes American ! Where are you from.? She totally blew off the Brits. They all swoon when I say San Francisco .
One glitch, the boulangerie tripped me up. I was not in the order that they wanted me, I waited and waited and finally  said...forget it. I don't need bread anyway.

We went on a small hike this morning on a new path. I forgot my camera equipment at home. We veered off the big dirt piste on to a small path throughout the scrub. Kate led the way. It was a good thing that there was a man in some kind of stone busting machine or I would have been lost. I could hear the machine in the distance and tried to get back out to the piste. I eventually got there but started to worry. I carry a compass and mace with me into the woods.

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