After teaching this morning, I took an hour and a half train ride from Montluçon to Clermont-Ferrand. The trip to C-F is mostly business, as I have a scheduled medical exam, which is necessary for obtaining my French residency card.
_edited.JPG)
snowy fields from the train..JPG)
Place de Jaude with a large Christmas tree and ferris wheel.
.JPG)
I walked through le marché de Noël (Christmas market). It was in Place de la Victoire, located near Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand.
.JPG)
.JPG)
I wanted to make gingerbread cookies, though molasses could not be found in Montluçon, but I was told it could be found at Le Comptoir Irlandais. There are forty-two of these stores around France selling authenic Irish goods. I did indeed find molasses, though I had to ask for help because it wasn't in packaging that I recognized. It is Lyle's Black Treacle, the word "molasses" was in a very small font at the bottom of the tin can.
.JPG)
.JPG)
