We HAVE reservations!
Fraisette and Pommette said that we had reservations at the local pizzeria “Le Vesuvio”. We were going to meet the Big Brown Bear there at 12 o’clock. We walked the town. I was so overwhelmed by all the people and new things I saw. There were so many shops and different restaurants. People were eating and pushing to get by. It was crowded. We finally arrived at our restaurant, which was down a small alley. We ate inside the restaurant.
My first French menu!
The Big Brown Bear had just arrived and was waiting for us. After our four kisses we sat down and studied the menu. I had learned a few French words from my travels so I knew some of the items on the menu, but I was still confused. They patiently explained what a set menu was. In this case it was three courses. I could pick one appetizer, one main course and a dessert. I wanted pizza.
They ordered four different appetizers (one for each of us) so that I could learn in French what they were for my future adventures. Then they ordered the main course. They ordered spaghetti and lasagna. We would order dessert later. We had an aperitif and it came with peanuts. I LOVE 
peanuts. We chatted about the bus trip and how crowded Pornic was today. I felt so happy.
Learning about French food!
The appetizers arrived. Pommette had the charcuterie plate. It had several different cold meats on it with lettuce and pickles. Fraisette had a salad with lettuce, tuna and boiled eggs. The Big Brown Bear ordered oysters. They were served raw and in their shell with pats of butter and a vinaigrette sauce. They ordered mussels for me. They came in a big bowl and had lots of tasty water around them. The mussels were in their shells. I started to pull out the mussels with my fingers and they all laughed. 
They taught me the French way to eat them. You use one of the empty shells that is still whole as a pincher to pull out the mussels. They were good and I was very hungry. I tasted all their food and decided that I liked it all. They explained to me what everything was and how to order it in the future.
Our main course arrived. Fraisette and Pommette had lasagna and the Big Brown Bear had spaghetti. My pizza arrived. My eyes grew bigger and bigger. “That’s not pizza.” I said. It had very, very little tomato sauce. It had ham, some kind of cheese and a raw egg yolk in the middle of it. I learned that French pizza is very different than American pizza. They do not have pepperoni in France. I ate my pizza. I liked it.
Dessert!
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We decided not to have coffee or tea but to walk more of Pornic. In France, it is very traditional to walk after your meal. I was going to have Pornic adventures.