Maddy here again writing to you from our house in France.
Yesterday I flew in from New York and it took over 18 hours!! It was VERY long. So, to cheer me up my family and I picked our grapes (vendange) in our very own vineyard. Since it was very hot and I had very little sleep I started to feel dizzy so I drank 5 cans of peach ice tea. To my surprise it made me feel much better.
We picked and picked for hours. Finally, after over 1000 pounds of grapes (raisens) we were OK to stop. So I am sure you are now wondering why we picked all these grapes. Well, our family makes our own wine (vin). About 100 cases a year. I do not like wine so much yet. But our friends say it is the best wine they ever had. My sisters really like it too. We even get to put the labels on the bottles in 2 years when the 2009 is ready to drink.
I look forward to writing all of you every week with my new French adventures. I LOVE COMMENTS and questions so please ask me a million and let me know you are reading my blog.
Tu me monque (I miss you all)
-Maddy
