coffee.....

ok, so....i managed to stay in bed until 6:30 am.....just to get my clock back to normal......but i have been awake since before 5.....given the 6 hour time difference i actually slept in....and now that i have made a superb spinach and cheese omelet and have my coffee with milk at hand....life is slowly feeling normal again.....i must admit that i did not have coffee every day of my trip......we ate in the hotel breakfast room the first morning (sunday) before we took the train to versailles, but i have a hard time paying 10 bucks a head for coffee and a croissant or a baguette......and so we would venture out in the mornings and buy pastries and even fresh red raspberries, but we didn't stop for hot beverages because we were walking somewhere and it seemed too much to ask to eat and drink and pay attention to those wiley french drivers/bikers......later on when we stopped for an afternoon snack in a sunlit cafe.....i couldn't be bothered with coffee when there was a wine selection to be had at nearly the same price.......for the record i have come to appreciate the white wines of sancerre.......the cafe au l'ait that i did order along the way was as it is supposed to be...rich, bold, and creamy.......but not much better than the coffee i clutch this cold morning, while i think about getting ready for work......i have opted to work thursday and friday....and to save the valuable vacation hours for trips to come......i should say...thursday and part of friday, as the state has given me off the afternoon of good friday for....good behavior?......and so all i have to do is to hang on til 11:45 tomorrow and i can sit back and relax from my travels......though on friday afternoon i cannot see me doing so with a cup of coffee......