Dining With The Vampires

I have lived at my new house for one week now with Chanah and the Vampires (sounds like a retro 50's band!). Chanah is the Polish niece of the French woman, Aya, who is living overseas this year and renting out her flat as a result. Chanah is a full-time university student with five part-time jobs so we see little of her but what we do see is very sweet and generous. She is also our household manager so in addition to studying and working she helps with things such as the heat not being turned on when the landlord says it will be and the like. The Vampires, introduced to me as such by one of their own on my very first trip here, are Kenneth the journalist and writer from Norway and his partner Eva the human rights legal consultant from France. The Vampires are awesome, very friendly, and like to go on field trips so we all run around and see new things a lot. Another hallmark of the Vampires is that they love to cook--for them, for others, for everyone. Twice since I've been here I've come home at the end of a long day to find these things waiting for me: leek quiche with Arabic salad salty broccoli cheese crepe with empty crepes and chocolate sauce for dessert Yes, my pants still fit...but not for long is my prediction.