It`s 1:43 am here...I should go to bed but I think I will write a blog before I do that. After all, the competition for the computer here is fierce...
So Sunday - I left the cafe around 12:30 pm, because there seems to be an activity going on at the afternoon...plus I don`t want to do another walk-in to the house and see everyone eating without me...fortunately that didn`t happen, but apparently the cheese factory tour (which was cancelled earlier) was back on, so at 1:30 we left the house and drove 30 minutes or so to this town/township called Hebertville...there`s this cheese factory/farm there which specializes in 3 different types of regional cheese - Valbert, Pikouka, and Kegaomi (pardon my mis-spellings). Except for Kegaomi (sharper and more interesting in taste), the other two are sweet and mild - the Pikouka won prizes before. Pretty much everyone went crazy with the cheese tasting except for Zach (and Mike kind of), since they don`t really like cheese that much.
Next we were shown their barn, which had lots of cows in there, plus some pigs, chicken, 1 lamb, some kittens...plus who can forget the barn dog? The cows were all female, different ages, and very gentle and curious...they pretty much follow you with their eyes whenever you go, and lick your hands if you held it out (I didn`t do it). Pretty much all the girls had a good time oohing and ahhing at the animals, plus taking pictures. During the time we were there, I got to see the process of cows urinating, farting, and excremating (misspelt properly, excuses-moi)...as well see Cheryl walking in when a cow was swishing its tail (needless to say it was laced with excrement and hit Cheryl straight on the head). Anyways we ended that with a couple of people buying cheese from the farm. Then we drove on, and I thought we were going home but nope, we went to another cheese factory (en francais - la fromagerie)...this time tasting 5 to 6 different cheeses. My favorites - this one that smells like feet but is extremely creamy and sweet, another one that resembles a cross between sour cream/yogurt/cream cheese, mixed with a bit of honey, and mozeralla cheese curds...yes it`s quite something, it feels like chewing on rubber styrofoam but the flavor is good enough that I had it again and again...
Finally we started heading home...but not before Cheryl coxed Valerie to drive us to Lac-St. Jean (which was on the way anyways) for a view...and what a view...it`s all white and frozen...it would have much more gorgeous in the summer. But by then we would be in BC, and the lakes are much more beautiful anyways, hahaha.
Prep for dinner/dinner/house meeting ran by Cheryl (Valerie would like us to run our house meetings now)/free time/bed
Oh yes before I end this, I finally talked to Maxime about her weird behaviour during the week (she has been crying all of a sudden every now and then, and leaves the house to be alone). Summary of that - she didn`t want to talk about it, but she is feeling much better (although the fact that I brought it up made her think about whatever made her unhappy, which was bad) and (I hope) she is glad that I was concerned. So my lesson here - when Maxime is upset, stay away from her.
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