Hey everyone,
Good news! I found grits! It is official, if I find a Wal-mart I am sold. The only thing that I was really and truly homesick for was cheese grits (ok, and walmart but I am being positive). I tried to explain what they are to the family but explaining white stuff that is little and grainy like rice but not made of rice is hard. They didn't understand. Try it sometime with someone who does not know what grits or cream of wheat or any of that stuff is. It is like trying to explain a color to a blind person. So, these grits are not grits but they are as close as I can get. They are kind of like a wheat version of our white grits. You know the difference between wheat and white bread. The texture and the taste. It is almost the same with these. I say add some cheese (yellow although you cannot find that here because they think it is gross) and butter and you are set. I kept smiling all through lunch because of them. I know the grandparents must have thought I was crazy. It was just like God gave me a little piece of home just because He is great.
Anyway, we got up this morning and went for a hike (which I was nervous about because you all know about my aversion to movement, much less exercise) and it was great. It was all downhill so we were good. We wandered around the valley until we wandered through the town. Sorry, no pictures. I took some until I realised that I, yet again, left my memory card in my computer. I will get you some because it is beautiful. There are golf courses and random ski trails cut through the trees. We chased butterflies and looked for cows. The kids are very excited about cows. The town is quaint. It is old with older and oldest parts to it. Part of it is new with a very ski town feel but the stuff from centuries past is amazing. There are cobblestone streets and old barns made into houses. We came upon a pool in a square with water from the mountain that was used to wash clothes. There are horses and chickens next to the houses. Some of the houses are stone and others are made from some old material that makes me think of St. Augustine but without the shells (or anything to do with the water). They have this festival here like in the Hunchback of Notre Dame where they wear masks and make a joker mayor for a day. It is all very Christmas card looking, even without the snow.
We drove to literally the top of one of the mountains for this restaurant with a great view. There was a little park and the kids played. I felt like I was in the Shirley Temple Heidi before she went to the city. Then, we hung out at the house and the kids played with these homemade dart guns that they made. Tonight I went into the town and walked around. They have the clock tower lit up and it was stunning. The shops were all closed and there weren't a whole lot of people out. This is such a big difference from Elba because there is a roaring night scene there. Here it completely shut down at 10:30.
Well, that is about all the stuff I did today. I hope you all had a great day.
Good news! I found grits! It is official, if I find a Wal-mart I am sold. The only thing that I was really and truly homesick for was cheese grits (ok, and walmart but I am being positive). I tried to explain what they are to the family but explaining white stuff that is little and grainy like rice but not made of rice is hard. They didn't understand. Try it sometime with someone who does not know what grits or cream of wheat or any of that stuff is. It is like trying to explain a color to a blind person. So, these grits are not grits but they are as close as I can get. They are kind of like a wheat version of our white grits. You know the difference between wheat and white bread. The texture and the taste. It is almost the same with these. I say add some cheese (yellow although you cannot find that here because they think it is gross) and butter and you are set. I kept smiling all through lunch because of them. I know the grandparents must have thought I was crazy. It was just like God gave me a little piece of home just because He is great.
Anyway, we got up this morning and went for a hike (which I was nervous about because you all know about my aversion to movement, much less exercise) and it was great. It was all downhill so we were good. We wandered around the valley until we wandered through the town. Sorry, no pictures. I took some until I realised that I, yet again, left my memory card in my computer. I will get you some because it is beautiful. There are golf courses and random ski trails cut through the trees. We chased butterflies and looked for cows. The kids are very excited about cows. The town is quaint. It is old with older and oldest parts to it. Part of it is new with a very ski town feel but the stuff from centuries past is amazing. There are cobblestone streets and old barns made into houses. We came upon a pool in a square with water from the mountain that was used to wash clothes. There are horses and chickens next to the houses. Some of the houses are stone and others are made from some old material that makes me think of St. Augustine but without the shells (or anything to do with the water). They have this festival here like in the Hunchback of Notre Dame where they wear masks and make a joker mayor for a day. It is all very Christmas card looking, even without the snow.
We drove to literally the top of one of the mountains for this restaurant with a great view. There was a little park and the kids played. I felt like I was in the Shirley Temple Heidi before she went to the city. Then, we hung out at the house and the kids played with these homemade dart guns that they made. Tonight I went into the town and walked around. They have the clock tower lit up and it was stunning. The shops were all closed and there weren't a whole lot of people out. This is such a big difference from Elba because there is a roaring night scene there. Here it completely shut down at 10:30.
Well, that is about all the stuff I did today. I hope you all had a great day.
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