in which i triumph.

Success! The computer returns in full glory, trailing a working adaptor behind on the end of its power cord. This means you will be treated to more of those newfangled photographs. Quel horreur!

In order to solve the computer issue (namely, I needed an adaptor), I headed over to the FNAC. This is, roughly, the French equivalent of Best Buy, plus a hefty helping of snoot. (They pronounce it le fhnack, for serious.) Anyway, they were very smiley and helpful despite the snoot and I emerged bearing an adaptor which, clearly, works.

So, Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte: involved, freezing cold underground air, wine tasting, and the purchase of a bottle as the present that I forgot to bring for my host mom from the US. I mean, I know nothing at all about wine, and frankly it all tastes about the same to me; so I bought the red we tasted, figuring that they wouldn't give us a bad wine to taste, seeing as it served as basically an advertisement for the Chateau. (As a side note, my first purchase of alcohol occurs at age twenty. Score one for me. Sort of.)

Yet again, I forgot that Blogger posts pictures backwards. So, sorry. These are pretty self-explanatory, so I'll just put them up without comment.