Saturday 21st April
Today was another rainy, lazy day. After clearing up from the party we just had to stay indoors waiting for the rain to stop and for it to get warmer. Luckily the girls had been invited to a Girl’s Night Dinner with Gail, an expat from England who owns a little house in the centre of the village, and were able to get out of the house for a bit. We had a great feast of several courses in the typical French style: We had an apero (or aperitif) in the form of nibbles and some Pastis, then a starter of delicious lentil soup, and then the main course which was roast pork. It was the best that I’ve ever tasted and served with roast potatoes and delicious vegetable consommé. After that we had cheeses and desert. Needless to say, we were stuffed and I must learn to eat less at each stage!
Dan and Paul went to a local trucker’s restaurant, the Relais at Barbezieux, where they had Boy’s Night and watched the Barcelona – Real Madrid football game. Dan was fascinated by the passive watching followed by outroar after the goals; the score was 2-1 to Real Madrid and Dan and Paul came back stuffed and happy after having the same multi course dinner that we had. A great way to pass the weekend!!
