Mid Week Update

This morning the sun streams through the windows in between the heavy showers that might turn out to characterize the whole day. This looks like the day we do phase two of tidying the garage.

Sheila's starter

Tuesday was cool and blowy and not a good day for golf so became a very "domestic" day, catching up on correspondence, reading and even (for Sheila) rael domestic chores. The washing machine did not know what hit it. Our "reward" for this domesticity was to go out to dinner in La Rcohelle to a place called La Cuisine De Jules on rue Thiers. It was one of the very best meals we have had for a long time and to be thoroughly recommended. Their €27.50, three course menu provided enough choice for the two of us to pick different dishes, although we both plumped for the fromage for the third course. They have that annoying habit of asking for the dessert choice when taking the order which demands that you imagine what you'd like to eat after downing the first two courses before you have had a morsel. rue Thiers runs down the side of the Market in La Rochelle and the restaurant is close to the Market - the website does not do justice the the very pleasant modern dining room. I bet that in the season reservations will be needed.

Easter Monday, was a quiet sort of a day although lots of local businesses were open and not just those aimed at visitors. We drove to La Rochelle and parked up at the north end  - past the casino - near the (one of the) war memorials, and wandered into the old port and around and about. Whilst having a cafe creme at a pavement table overlooking the basin we were handed a leaflet about  the "Course Croisiere" that runs out of the marina starting on Friday 13th. We have put that on our agenda for Friday.

Sunday afternoon saw us back on the golf course at "La Pree" our local golf course. I had discovered a free Blackberry app, a golf course gps, that had the course on it, so I thought I'd give it a go. It was somewhere down the long second hole that Sheila pointed out that I was probably incurring huge data charges that I realised that the app might have been free but using it abroad would not be. GULP for the next phone bill. We were paired up with a couple of locals, Pascal and Giscard and once again it was a comfortable, even pleasant experience - golfers do seem to be pretty decent and amiable types.

Saturday was our day for Chateaillon Plage for lunch and the Kite Festival. Just for a change we took the train. From the station at La Rochelle it takes about 10 minutes and costs €4 return. Only snag is that the trains are once every two hours and so you don't want to miss one!