Day 8: August 2022

Moving right along, we arrive today at August. And this: the humble ham sandwich, the most delicious thing I made in August 2022. 💫

Jambon from Carrefour (Vive la French grocery store wall of ham! Vive Carrefour, feeding me in both France and China since I was a teen.) Fresh baguette from the boulangerie down the street (every day, the whole week, Ed woke up early, went and got in the baguette line, and came back to our rental flat with fresh, warm bread — I slept through these excursions and never once went to the bakery). Butter from the crémière across from the Carrefour (which I visited, ahem, not infrequently, trying at least one new cheese per day).

Jambon beurre. Eaten on the beach. With the sun overhead and the fabulously chilly Atlantic in front of us. Perfection in every way. A midday meal. A glorious day. The Île de Ré.