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France Enjoyment
Tuesday morning wakened to a lovely sunny day though the Mistral wind blows and blows unexpectedly – caution with putting the washing on the balcony.
Jan went to the Boulangerie to buy the almond croissant for her and Johnny’s chocolate au pain.
So good to make our own coffee in the filter machine and sit on the expansive balcony overlooking the beautiful parklands and view of the swimming pool we may not get to use as it is just not hot enough yet.
Then we set out for the wondrous 2,000 years old Roman aqueduct – The Pont Du Gard. John felt tingles down his spine as we first saw this huge and stately edifice over the serene river.We were glad to be there in early summer as apparently there are 15,000 visitors a day later!
We enjoyed walking across the lower bridge to the swimming bank where John took the kind of scenic photos he delights in. Have realised Jan is just the ”make a pic of me or us snap kindofgirl”.
The documentary film was so funny – more like a French romance – but we enjoyed the wet roman bath t-shirt display, the legionnaires marching and the portrayal of relaxing by the river over the centuries.
We enjoyed our first beer in France at the restaurant which overlooks the bridge. Then home to have the cheese and ham and tomato with the delicious French bread which is like cake to us! After our siesta we visited the tourist bureau and then tried to get service in the internet cafe but the chap was far too busy on his mobile phone. Luckily I noticed that the cafe was a free wifi spot so later we could check our email on our own computer at our leisure and at no cost!
(Pity the tourist bureau hadn’t told us of that option but the French way is to only offer information when asked! Bit hard when you don’t know the question…)
Our local Shopi supermarket was open hooray (it was closed on Monday due to inventory check) so we could collect our “necessoire’s” but held off on the produce because weds am is the Uzes market.
We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at a restaurant on the ring road. Jan chose well with the Marget duck – a thick breast, tender and juicy. John’s entrecote not so quite…Are we having fun yet we ask???
You bet!
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France sojourn 2
France sojourn 2.
Our 2nd day at the Hotel and Restaurant called Le Clos de Vouge at the duck pond mill was a Sunday and time for a tasting of the wines. We remembered how we loved our restaurant so much on our previous visit for the lunch in 2007. We had a morning drama then where John went to fetch the hire car in Dijon and could not find his way back via the narrow one way streets and we subsequently missed our breakfast. So when we staggered into the restaurant in Vougot (half hour out of Dijon on the cotes D’Or route in Burgundy and found ourselves eating Frogs Legs for John and Coq au Vin for Jan by the duck mill pond we swore we would return.
This Sunday after a sumptuous breakie of croissants and ham and cheese and cake and yoghurt (phew)… we set off at 10 am for a wine tasting and struck it lucky at Paul Leclerc where we had 3tastings of Premier Crus ( the best almost) and then to the blends of tasting to top it off. The sassy vintners wife could sell and sell and was overgenerous in her servings so we bought some and went home to sleep it off.
We could not have lunch at the duck mill because it was Mother’s Day and full up (“complete”) so we drove to Nuit Saint George and had a lunch at the cafe on the corner where all the action was – a cycle race and all the entourage sped past while we waited for our So yummy terrine and cheese.
Getting away to Paris Wednesday 26th May 2010
Oh dear – how little space you have! 8 hours to HongKong and 12 hours to London. Wait 4 hours and arrive Paris 7.15pm Train then taxi to our BnB Le ciel de Paris: Lovely apartment owned by Lynnee and Phillipe Dumas. Small but so lovely room. The painted ciel in the living room so lovely.
Late dinner obliogated to choose more expensive but fantastic marty restaurant with Jan snails and foi gras and John steak and frites. Lovely red Bordeaux. Breakfast supremo croissant, fruit and fraiche.
Walk to Pantheon and see Faucault Pendulum – intriguing and amazing. Magnificent structure.
Notre Dame a bunfight so back to Mouffatard St for menu : JS chevre chaUD AND beef borgogne, Jan avocado and shrimp and duck and potatoes.
Big sleep and enjoy the free wifi at Le Ciel until outing to over the road brasserie for snack: JS cheesberger and Jan the cheese.
