Monkey See Monkey Do

Well folks in one day we saw storks, monkeys and a restored castle. The photo collage shows us feeding les singes, the monkeys (the ones with the fur). This parc is reproducing the monkeys to reintroduce them into Africa. The society of les singes is matriarchal and the females mate with several males. Unlike most other societies the males take an active part in raising the babes (any comments from the peanut gallery?). When we came near a baby monkey several males jumped on a tree and shook the tree to show their power however none of the males know which one is the father.

Did you know that if the stork dropped the baby at the wrong house the baby is called a Zygote? (this I learned while reading Women Who Run With Wolves).

I found it rather consoling to have a name for this.

Alsace is a region well known for le bon vin blanc. We spent a couple of days with friends of Gilles and Rachel, Pierre and Claudine et leurs enfants Léo, Camille et Mathieu. Claudine fait du très bon pain et Pierre fait un ratafia délicieux. The children go to school half a day in French and half a day in German. All the road signs look German to me and the architecture is definitely Germanic. If you read the history of this region you will find that the ownership of Alsace flipped back and forth between France and Germany.

We met Christian, Claire et leurs enfants Iéva, Basile et Léa and I again tasted not only good, white wine but also excellent, Italian coffee.