Easter

At home we look forward to the Easter bunny bringing us baskets and all kinds of yummy chocolate and goodies in our baskets. Here? There is a bell that brings the chocolate. Ok probably doesn't bring it, but Easter is around a bell here, no Easter bunny. Of course unless you are in a big town that caters to American tourists (i.e. Paris). They do take full advantage of the chocolate selling season here. I asked some friends about Easter and while none of them said they were religious or celebrating the holiday for the religious reason, they were really looking forward to the family time and chocolate. Pretty similar to home huh? Of course the patisserie had lots of goodies for Easter and then there were stores with all the chocolates. I did successfully make it all the way through Lent without drinking a beer. It wasn't the hardest thing I have ever given up, but there were a few days that a nice cold beer would have been nice. I actually didn't drink a beer until Tuesday night. I really wanted a Boulevard Wheat at the home opener, but since I was only there in spirit, that would have been difficult.