American Refrigerator

A funny bit of vocabulary which reveals some of the attitudes of the French towards the United States: "the American refrigerator." Most people in France have rather modest refrigerators...take our apartment, for example; I can just barely squeeze a small pint of ice cream into the freezer compartment. However, if you want to live in the lap of luxury, you buy what is called "le refrigerator americaine"--a big-ass fridge complete with double doors and perhaps even an ice-maker thrown in for fun.

This weekend's plans: we're going to visit Laure's (my sister-in-law) dig site (she's an archaeologist) close to Orleans and stay overnight. Details to follow...