C'est ma vie

So in a nutshell, my Mt. Rushmore blog seemed to have gone over quite well, so I've decided to continue to blog about my ridiculous shenanigans here in France!

My summer internship in South Dakota has officially come to and end, although I hope to work there again next year after I graduate, at which point I'll be earning a lot more money (score!)...

After spending a few days at home in Connecticut, I am now in Megeve, which is a tiny town in the French Alps.  I am a camp counselor here for six weeks, and have recently learned that this is no ordinary sleep-away camp...

First of all, rather than staying in tents or cabins, everyone at the camp sleeps in a four-star hotel.  It's a three minute walk from the hotel to the main camp buildings, where the kids will be learning English or French (there are many non-Frenchies coming to this camp).

When I think of my own personal experiences with sleep-away camp, I think of that one summer I spent at Camp Chateaugay (in way upstate New York, almost in Canada), and I remember the many horrible experiences I had there; for one, the camp food.  Here at French sleep-away camp, however, the children receive catered meals.  Yes, every meal at the camp is consumed in the hotel dining room, prepared by master French chefs.  Every meal has at least three courses; today for lunch, we began with an avocado salad, followed by a braised veal shank with caramelized mushrooms and potatoes, and for dessert, a French custard, garnished with fresh blueberries and a raspberry puree...

The campers actually have not yet arrived... they get here tomorrow.  Last night and today, the counselors have been setting up the classrooms and exploring this little Heidi-esque town.  I CANNOT WAIT for the kids to get here, only because I hear that princes and princesses of far away lands attend this camp.  (For real though).

Stay tuned for more stories from la France.  Pictures of food are to come soon, although I assure you that they won't do justice to the real thing, like the culinary orgasm served on a bed of risotto that we ate last night for dinner.

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