Best Dinner Yet

So tonight there was a random dinner party here.  I think it was because Myriam, the 24 year old daughter who lives in Jerusalem, is back for a couple weeks.  She only just got in last night, so lots of people were over.  Marie-Aimee, the 27 year old daughter was over, as was her husband Jerome, and 2 older women (not sure the relationship to the family but very nice).  While big dinners usually mean they talk and I listen the whole time, that didn't happen this time!  Because there were lots of new people around, I got asked lots of questions, but I also had some great conversations with Maximillien and Florence.  We talked about Franco-American relations, Europe, and about family origins (Their family came from Corsica in the late 1800s!  They were privateers!) The dinner party lasted about 3 hours, but it was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to get to know the family a little better.

One moment that struck me was when I first met Marie Aimee and told her I'm from New York, her immediate reaction was "Oh, there's a store there when you can get any color M&M!"  Powerful statement of how American culture is viewed overseas....