French Meet-Ups

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 …

H.