Madison

Day 1 (4th August)

Our first day in Madison was spent in a hue supermarket stocking up with food for the week. It was the biggest supermarket ever with so much choice you would not believe. The ice cream aisle (rayon) was so long and with so many amazing flavours it was actually impossible to choose!

After lunch we strolled around downtown and explored the university campus which is right in the centre of town. The town actually sits between two lakes so there are beautiful shore lines to walk along with bars too. We liked the main street, it has little boutique shops and reminded me a bit of Brighton. We also went in the capitol building (Madison is the state capital of Wisconsin) which was beautiful, very ornate. We went up to the observatory balcony and had a birds' eye view of downtown.

In the evening we continued our culinary marathon with a meal at the Chinese restaurant where Alex and Josh both used to work. It was very good, as is everything that we eat here!!

Day 2 (5th August)

We spent this morning in the mall (centre commercial) shopping, which I think Florian adored....
After this we went with Alex to the day camp where she works (centre aere) to meet her French club and answer questions about France. They had some interesting questions like: 'Are you from Paris or France?' It was funny.
Finally in the afternoon we went to a local winery called Wollersheim Winery where we tried a few wines and decided the whites were definitely better than the reds. We bought a few bottles and enjoyed one on their terrace before heading home. It was nice to try local wine, plus local cheese which is the main product of the region. Their cheddar is very good.

That evening Josh made us two delicious pizzas and we headed into town to meet up with Alex and Josh's friends in some bars. The alcohol here is so cheap! We were having beer for a dollar and so much rum for 3 dollars that you had to wait for the ice to melt to make it drinkable. It's great!