Appetites

One unexpected change in Lacoste--voracious appetites.

Our village is situated on the side of a large hill. I'm not sure that I would call it a mountain, but it's very steep and on the other side are several quarries, where they gathered all the limestone to build this town and make a lot of random sculpture to leave all over the place.

In any case, the we are in a fairly high altitude. We do a lot of climbing up and down cobble stone hills and most everyone is out of breath by the time they go to or come back from meals at the bottom of this hill.

I have lost count of how many people have asked me every day "Is it time for lunch yet?" "Is it time for dinner? I'M STARVING!"

The combination of high altitude + increased activity + intensity of our schedule is making everyone VERY hungry. You should see the piles of food on their plates at meal time.

It hasn't hit me, yet, though. Perhaps later on. The only thing the higher altitude is making me want to do is pass out.