The longer we live in France, the fewer processed foods in our diet. One reason is practicality - we can't find the foods we love (Mexican!) in this country, so when we crave a fajitas, we make it ourselves. Another reasons is that the basic ingredients in France are just better than what we ever found in the US. The French really care about the quality of their food. And since quality is often related to where the food comes from, most make deliberate decisions based on geography when buying their produce. For example, most prefer not to buy produce from Spain (I haven't quite figured out why yet. People have told me that they don't treat workers well, other say that its very industrial).
Loire- Wine, Bikes, and Castles
Early last month, I was told that I was going to lose 12 days of vacation if I didn't take them before the end of March. There was no way I could schedule two and half weeks of holiday on such sort notice. So as to not lose it all, we decided to go for along weekend to the Loire Valley. Being only two hours away it was the perfect destination for a three day holiday.