“a des confettis plein les pieds, des coeurs sur les yeux, du vent dans les cheveux, un feu d'artifice dans la tête, et le smile over my face!”
Today and tonight, we went to Neuchâtel’s Fêtes des Vendanges! Anne-Pauline’s mother is Swiss and her grandparents live in Neuchâtel, Switzerland – just around the corner from Fribourg. She was already there visiting family so Myriam, Anna, and I drove to meet her for the wine festival in the beautiful Neuchâtel! The town is gorgeous. It’s on Lake Neuchâtel – a lake of crystal clear, blueist of blues water. The town was COVERED in confetti – it was beautiful! Kids and adults alike were throwing dyed and cookie-cuttered newspaper confetti pieces everywhere. My first (confetti) snow in Switzerland! I loved it. I was so amazed at how bright-colored bits of paper could entertain so many and bring so much happiness. I felt like we were living in a fairytale, where it rains confetti and smiles. We ate like queens – we barely said no to a tent/stand we passed. Anne-Pauline and I had warm Chinese noodles and vegetables for dinner, followed by barbe à papa (Daddy’s beard: cotton candy in French), Spanish churros, fresh passion fruit juice, a Chiquita banana dipped in Swiss chocolate and covered in rainbow sprinkles… The crowd during the day was very different than the crowd at night: more kid-friendly during the day and crazy at night. We moved from tent to tent, vendor to vendor, band to band dancing with les coeurs sur les yeux: light-up sunglasses in the shapes of hearts. We got to Anne-Pauline’s grandmother at the end of the night and she is precious! It was so great to see Anne-Pauline with her grandmother – grandparents are such wonderful people. I can’t wait to be close to mine again in Mississippi J
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