Rain delay in Angers, part 2

October 2, 2021

Now I'm eager to get back on the road. Our legs are well-rested, we've seen about all there is to see of Angers (at least without a local guide), and the wind and rain are supposed to die down tomorrow morning. We are moving on, come hell or high water!

Today we went to a restaurant for the first time in France. That was a bit of a circus as we navigated the options and the language barrier. The lady who attended to us was very kind and patient. She did not speak English, or I'm positive she would've switched to it at some point. As I mentioned yesterday, there are a lot of options for us in Angers, including a Korean restaurant. I tried to convince Sunyoung to go, but she didn't want to risk it being inauthentic. Personally, I like to see how cuisines get tweaked as they travel the globe. For instance, the variety of things they like to call "tacos" or "Tex-Mex" here boggles the mind. We also passed a pho restaurant that served 떡볶이 (Korean rice cake dish). The photo didn't look much like the real thing. But like the tacos, it's street food too, open to all manner of interpretation.

We continued to make good use of our 24-hour city pass by visiting the art museum and a place called the Collégiale Saint-Martin, a historic church with a crypt you can walk through. The latter also showcased a lot of interesting items on loan from museums in the region. Quite a smorgasbord of art and artifacts. We also went to the natural history museum, which was fun because it was super old-school, with a bunch of taxidermy and pinned insects on display. It was also free this weekend. As an aside, museum prices in the U.S. have really gotten out of hand. Here there is a stronger focus on making cultural experiences accessible to more people.

Before we go any further, let's get my collection of anti-fascism decals out of the way. If you happen to be pro-fascism, my sincerest apologies for even bringing up such a divisive topic: