Hunting For Octopus

Hi Everyone:

Another week has past. My teacher, Madam Gastaud, said I am doing good and working hard. One thing very different about school here is that we have 2 hours for lunch but I do not eat at school. The main reason is that you have to eat at the cantine and they do not let me bring my own lunch from home. And they eat very strange things here like Bouillabaisse (fish soup) and poulpe (octopus).

On Saturday, my friend Roman invited us to go snorkeling in the Mediterranean with him and his father. They wanted to dive for poulpe as it is his favorite food and they wanted it for dinner that night. YUK!!!

To catch an octopus you have to dive to the bottom and move rocks and shells to see if one is hiding there. Then they swim away and you have to go after them. Well, we caught a huge one that spit ink at us. After we got to shore, we had to clean it and then slam it on the rocks to make the meat soft to eat. I couldn't believe that a 7 year old boy was going to eat that slimy thing. It was so gross.

They do have good food here like great pizza and pasta. I definitely prefer these to fish soup and octopus. But, the octopus was sure fun to play with.

I will write again next Sunday so hopefully you will like my next surprise.

Have a great week and I miss you.

Thank-you for the comments:

I really love the comments you all write and I promise I will answer each one personally.

• Mrs Santello: I love it that you still read my blog. Thank-you for the encouragement!!
  



• Mrs. Herrera: I have been doing all my homework like you want. We have 26 kids in our class here and so it is extra hard to get help if we need it.
  



• Barb and Deb: Thank-you for your comments. Lillian and Sugar say hello! Do you like to eat Octopus?