We drove to Bergerac airport
early this morning and said our farewells to Kat and Tom; the week has passed incredibly quickly but we
had a fabulous time. Coming home the
house felt empty and rather forlorn. I
decided to combat my sadness by stripping beds and vacuuming, keeping
busy. Afterwards I still felt sad but at
least the house was clean.
Last night we had dinner at a
local restaurant. The once pristine
auberge is looking a little shabby and ramshackle these days but the food is
good and the garden setting with verdant shrubbery is very pretty. The owner is quite charming but a bit wacky
and absent minded. We had to remind him
to bring the wine we ordered (an excellent Baron de Rothschild Mouton Cadet). However,
he was in his element when the dining room was suddenly invaded by a dozen or
so large flying insects that strongly resembled hornets. He grabbed an electrified tennis racket and
wandered among the tables swiping and zapping the creatures. It was a truly surreal scene. We must have been feeling very tranquil after the wine because none of us panicked.
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The vineyards are heavy with
almost ripe purple grapes. Philippe
erected several of his signature scarecrows amidst his vines yesterday. Hopefully the storms forecast for next week
will not damage the fruit.
I know the feeling, i also clean a lot when i miss my children.
ReplyDeleteYou understand Yael.
DeleteOh dear, the Autumn storms - they seem to be forecast everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThe forecast keeps changing. Now they're saying it's just a risk of storm and maybe some showers. We'll just have to wait and see.
DeleteMy forecast says four days of 'light rain', but we'll see. We need heavy rain for Cepes. The last time we were at that restaurant we had a really splendid meal, later in the night I was sick; I think it had all been too rich. On my next visit I'll order a more balanced meal.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough I had a slightly upset tummy afterwards and attributed it to the richness of the meal.
DeleteThe Big Book Sale (held twice a year by Phoenix Assn.) is on the 24th of this month at Campsegret, N21 north of Bergerac and I'll be looking for David Lagercrantz Girl in the Spiders Web and other titles suggested here and on blogs I read.
ReplyDeleteT Storms with heavy rain for us but I'm sure that by Wednesday it will have changed. Always jam yesterday, jam tommorrow but never jam today.
It's a good book. Have you seen the films?
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