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BarrouxLe Barrouxhttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34730011.jpgGreece, TreesGreecehttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34730020.jpgRomeRomehttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34730007.jpgGreece, SunsetGreece, Sunsethttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34730006.jpgGreece, Familyhttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34700025.jpgEurope, Unknownhttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34700014.jpgIreland, Churchhttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34700008.jpgIreland, BridgeIreland, Bridge in Glendalochhttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34700005.jpgIreland, GoatGoats are sneakyhttps://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/34700003.jpgIreland, HillsideIreland2013-02-19T23:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/05/07/and-then-i-found-myself/https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1941.jpgSt. EmilionI found myself drinking some badass wine. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1952.jpgPigI found myself staring at a dead pig on a spit. Common sight, apparently, in Alsace.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1949.jpgIMG_1949I found this amazing view of the little town of Ammerschwihr, where the Binners (my host family for May) are located.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1944.jpgIMG_1944I found a quaint little street in Rouffach with a crumbling, centuries-old house at the end. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1943.jpgSourkroutI found myself eating a lot of German/Alsatian food. Sourkrout, four different types of meat, potatoes, and mustard. Meats and starches. Yeah. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19401.jpgAccordion playerI found myself being serenaded by an accordion player over breakfast.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19361.jpgIMG_1936https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19351.jpgIMG_1935https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19331.jpgIMG_1933https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1937.jpgIMG_19372013-02-19T23:32:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/05/19/mission-statement-wwoof/https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_21771.jpgIMG_2177The dreamland where I get to work. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2032.jpgIMG_2032https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2059.jpgIMG_2059This is dinner some nights. 2013-02-19T23:31:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/05/28/in-the-cave-of-a-natural-winery/https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2216.jpgIMG_2216You can see the waxen outlines arcing around a hole at the bottom of the barrique. i crawled in through that. It's a good thing I'm not very big. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2215.jpgIMG_2215Slimy, gooey, highly acidic and deliciously tart, white wine lees. Dead yeast. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2030.jpgIMG_2030The Bottle Catacombs. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2020.jpgIMG_2020Even just this one room is chaotic enough to drive anyone with OCD absolutely insane. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_20321.jpgIMG_2032Decades-old "barriques" - giant barrels used for storing and aging wine. 2013-02-19T23:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/06/03/this-is-just-about-food/https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2219.jpgIMG_2219One day, I made cookie bars. They were superb. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2175.jpgIMG_2175Shortly after making this strawberry-rhubarb tart (with creme patisserie as the filling), I was declared the official house dessert maker and have since been reprimanded at every meal for which there was no dessert. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_20571.jpgIMG_2057Breakfast. Always simple. Sometimes it's yogurt with honey, and some tea (as shown). Sometimes it's raisin bread with butter. Sometimes it's an orange. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2166.jpgIMG_2166About a week after I got there, my hosts made "boudin" which is basically sausage made from pig blood. This is how they make it - by stuffing the blood into the sausage casing (which I believe is the same thing as pig intestinal lining, or something). https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2173.jpgIMG_2173(Really, though, I write so I can do more of this.) https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1943.jpgIMG_1943https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1952.jpgIMG_1952The second day that I was in Alsace, at the Natural Wine Salon, I happened upon this. A large, dead, roasting pig. That we proceeded to eat. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2091.jpgIMG_2091https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2057.jpgIMG_2057https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2059.jpgIMG_2059This is what our cheese tray looked like, one day. We have a large variation of cheeses that we rotate in and out of the cheese tray. They are always delicious. 2014-05-30T04:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/06/08/can-i-survive-for-3-weeks-without-internet-access/2013-02-19T23:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/06/20/languor-in-the-languedoc/https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2367.jpgIMG_2367The oven, all sealed up (sealed with an odd flour and water mixture that I originally thought was actually more bread) with four loaves of bread safely baking inside.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2366.jpgIMG_2366The unbaked loaves, prepared to go into the oven.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2365.jpgIMG_2365The expert baker, my host mother, masterfully maneuvers the dough without allowing it to lose its shape. What magic her tangled hands weave!https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2364.jpgIMG_2364The human habitations, too, are rough-hewn stone, and the flowers, shrubs, and trees that grow here feel like an imposition to the stone, like they’re clinging onto whatever they can to hold on desperately to life.]https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2371.jpgIMG_2371These vines have been treated with mauvaises chemicals to kill all the weeds, but it gives a striking show of how rocky and harsh the terroir is here. I love the contrasting greens in this photo; the greens in the vines, and the plethora of greens in the trees and shrubs in the background.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2370.jpgIMG_2370An aperitif of sliced cucumber and kohlrabi, puree of sweet potatoes and carrots, “hummus” aka puree of chickpeas with parsley, simple salad—and, of course, fromage.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2369.jpgIMG_2369I love how the sky in the distance is an aquamarine, sea-colored blue, but as you move closer, it morphs into a deeper, purer shade of blue.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_2368.jpgIMG_2368Sunrise over the vines. What a sky.2013-02-19T23:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/07/10/seven-phrases-the-french-love-to-use-and-a-brief-update-on-life/2013-02-19T23:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/07/20/book-review-the-enormous-room-by-e-e-cummings-2/2013-02-19T23:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/10/05/513/2013-02-19T23:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/11/09/an-open-letter-to-barack-obama-re-term-two/2013-02-19T23:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2013/02/11/book-review-shatter-me-by-tahereh-mafi/https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/shatter-me.jpgShatter MeIs this cover amazing, or is it amazing? Can we talk about how amazing it is?2013-02-19T23:26:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2013/02/19/how-jack-learned-to-read/2013-02-19T23:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2013/02/13/this-is-what-obsession-feels-like/2013-02-25T15:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2013/01/20/a-discourse-on-the-origin-of-cheese/2013-01-20T20:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/12/04/writing-as-devotional-act/2013-01-19T18:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thezaxis.co/2012/05/14/in-the-french-countryside/https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_21141.jpgIMG_2114https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_20971.jpgIMG_2097The view out my bedroom window, currently. It wasn't a bad view to begin with, but the flowers really bring it to a whole new level. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_20951.jpgIMG_2095Not bad for an iPhone camera, huh? https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_20941.jpgIMG_2094The lighting was so striking this day (same as the previous picture). It made the whole valley light up like some insane dream. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19841.jpgIMG_1984Flowers by the riverbank in Ammerschwihr. One of the most simply beautiful little locations I've ever seen. It's a tiny little piece of yellow, green, and violet perfection right now. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19781.jpgIMG_1978I like the tension created by the bars in the front - like it's somehow forbidden or dangerous territory across the bridge and in that barn. Like it houses a werewolf or something. Or maybe just a very bright source of light.https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19771.jpgIMG_1977If not for the cars, this would look more like a photograph from four or five centuries ago. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19761.jpgIMG_1976One thing I still can't figure out is why all the houses are painted so vibrantly. I guess we do the same thing, but somehow it seems different over here. https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_19741.jpgIMG_1974https://thezaxis.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_21401.jpgIMG_2140The view of Chateau Ribeauville from... Chateau Ribeauville #2! Actually, there were THREE Chateau Ribeauvilles, but we only made it to 1 and 2. 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