Saturday, 3 January 2009
Rushing around to leave for the ferry...
......need I say more? Anika is off getting the breakfast M&A are doing the chores (including disposing of the redundent Calimari) and I am enjoying a cup of coffee. That's the way to start a journey!
Friday, 2 January 2009
The penultimate day of our holiday
Le Petit Dejeuner in the Cafe de la Paix in Place Verdun followed by a bit of shopping here and there gets the last day of the holiday unde
rway. We needed two trips to Eurodiff to sort out what we wanted as well as a trip to Carrefour. Gazole at 89.9 was a bit of a bargain and has set us up for the drive back to Caen in the morning.It is bitterly cold unless you are well sheltered from the wind that is giving 5 degrees of wind chill.
Andre's Bistro by the old port for dinner tonight. and on balance it was a great night out. Good food, spotty service but great company. XXXXXX
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
We celebrated St Sylvestre in true local style mixed with a bit of "the mckays". A feast of fish and sparkling wine (coutesy of M&A): hot and spicy prawns with salad, clamari in a mirepoix sauce, foil roasted cod with smashed roast sweet potato and carrot. Followed by Christmas pudding, custard and brandy cream.
Just before midenight we ventured out and walked down to sqaure by Marsilly church brandishing our glowing disco sticks and ready with our Bon Nouvelle Annees. There and back we saw not a soul, but we did glimpse three halfhearted firework rockets. Even down at the community hall there was little life and signs were that the Fete was a bit of a small do.
Still the walk there and back was probably good for us and it set us up nicely to settle down in front of the tele and let the New Year in again in the company of Jools Hooland and his guests. Two for the price of one and this time toasted in champagne (again courtesy of M&A). HAPPY NEW YEAR
Ma belle soeur et moi had a decent two hour constitutional in the middle of the day but I'm afraid that the rest of the day was lazy and concluded with a dvd viwing of Mamma Mia, a jolly good way to end New Year's day.
Just before midenight we ventured out and walked down to sqaure by Marsilly church brandishing our glowing disco sticks and ready with our Bon Nouvelle Annees. There and back we saw not a soul, but we did glimpse three halfhearted firework rockets. Even down at the community hall there was little life and signs were that the Fete was a bit of a small do.
Still the walk there and back was probably good for us and it set us up nicely to settle down in front of the tele and let the New Year in again in the company of Jools Hooland and his guests. Two for the price of one and this time toasted in champagne (again courtesy of M&A). HAPPY NEW YEAR
Ma belle soeur et moi had a decent two hour constitutional in the middle of the day but I'm afraid that the rest of the day was lazy and concluded with a dvd viwing of Mamma Mia, a jolly good way to end New Year's day.
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