Naomi the Corpse Bride

Little boy Paulo from next door, Ciara a pokemon figure, dog being crushed in hug from Naomi

Grandma crimped  my hair I did not want my photo taken

friday 7th feb

Well this morning we woke to the weather promised for the beginning of the week, but thankfully did not materialise. Sleety rain and wind and cold. Yesterday I went out to two restaurants. At lunch we took our friend up to the mountain view place called The Bois Joli which has a great view and homey food. We had a Tartiflette which is potatoes bacon and roblochon cheese all cooked together which is served with a green salad and a white wine. One is told that is you do not have wine , but drink water your tummy will be revolted and you will have problems. Then C drove our guests to Bellegarde to catch the train to Paris. In the evening I went with James to a micheiin starred restaurant where the interesting menu offered some nice options. YOu could have the complete menu with 7 courses and wine for each dish.. plus complicated desserts Or you could have 2 or 3 or 4 choices from the menu with wines for each dish plus dessert. We had 2 plates. The first for me was a white fish called Bar. I am missing fresh fish terribly and when I get back to the island intend to eat quite a bit of fish. This dish came with one oyster and was cooked in a red white sauce, which was good, a few veg, and the fish was about 3 inches long. My second dish was a piece of foie gras on top of pork tenderloin in a sauce.. which was ok. the desserts came as a platter and in quite small servings you got chocolate mousse, creme brule, and others similar.. each about 3 spoons worth. It was a fun evening This evening is carnival, I thought it was the beginning of Lent but am very wrong, as Lent does not start until mid March, Easter is very late this year. But this is a precursor to Lent which is a party held by the parents of the school as a fund raiser. C is making a quiche and has had to be quite inventive about costumes. I will try and include some costumes photos.

thursday comments

just READ my comment which was done on my iPad and as usual there are masses of errors.. I have been trying to eliminate the common errors but apparently on the iPad am not so successful.. so sorry.

Wonderful visit

Our family have been friends since '69 which is a long friendship.  They r like me getting a little elderly

But still they took the trai to here

today Thursday I slept longer than them and Naomi gave them fast, she made tea and laid out fresh bread.  C was away with the dog Nd the reason Naomi was home was because she hD another doctors appt

At about ten c drove one of our guests to CERN where James had arranged him to meet with various leaders and the to go to lunch.    C and I took our friend for lunch where the view is breath taking

We reminisced

All sort of stories we share...so nice