Fetes des Meres

Sunday June 3rd turned out to be a real mother of a day - yes it was Mother's Day here in France. What better way to honour the mothers of France than by having a car boot sale, right here in Marsilly. But not just any car boot sale but a Foire aux Grenier!
Now it may be a bit difficult to understand the difference between a Vide Grenier and an "aux Grenier". Perhaps it was the stall selling hot dogs & frites, or the stall selling vin rose for 80 cents, or perhaps the punch and judy show or even the folk dancers? My vote goes for the folk dancers - a clearly motley collection of young and old, men and women all sharing a major lack of musical sense or ability to dance - and marked by the fact that they seemed to be dancing classic Mexican folk dances. And when I say "classic" Mexican folk dances I mean the men wore sonbreos and the women waved their dresses around.
Perhaps the thing that really distinguished this "grenier" was that Michael and Ann missed it but Peter and Sheila went to it, not once, but twice and BOUGHT something!

So 8 Rue de is now proud owner of an electric toaster, a perfect size when two of you fancy a bit of toast or one of you fancies two bits of toasts.

While on the food front a new cafe / take-out has now opened in the new shopping centre in Marsilly. It describes itself as a "coucousserie" and seems more take-out than cafe but there are a few basic tables and chairs inside as well as outside as this snap shows.
It seems that the "new shopping centre" has a name it is "Les Carrelets" and will be celebrating its first anniversaire on 15 Juin a 20h with musique, chant, tombola. "un aperitif vous sera offerert par l'association des commercants"

Back to the Friday ferry crossing

As we breakfasted on Saturday morning prior to arrival at St Malo the ferry was treated to the sight of fice or six dolphins tracking the stern of the boat. It was a lovely way to start the day.