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The voyagers

We had a rocking good four days, mainly occupied with alcohol and food but then why come to the home of champagne and be tea-total? The first night we ate an excellent meal at the Penley's hotel,cooked, I later found out, by my own students. Where everyone discovered the delights of a good Tokay - sorry, I meant Pinot Gris. Charlie was extremely couragous and tried frogs legs and snails in the same meal but found he had eyes bigger than his tummy when he got to the cheese! And of course the beer - what can I say? It's a little stronger over here. Which lead to long discussions about the wall paper...















Our visit to Pommery was a great success. Nothing in that cellar was left un-tasted.

Then we went off for a little patisserie to soak up the bubbles and did a little sight-seeing as well. The weather was glorious and nothing was lacking. Saturday was of course the party - already done.

Then Sunday, as if we hadn't already consumed enough we pootled off to Belgium to sample a moules frites and some extremely good hot chocolates. Plans to visit Maginot lines were sadly abandoned but you know, you're allowed to visit again you guys!

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The sausages have been eaten, the brownies too and quite a lot of gout consumed as well. The party was a great success and I would like to thank all who made it so. I shan't whitter on any more but simply post the pics.

Clockwise from the top:
Prue and Gaby's father
Murielle my personal hairdresser
Gaby and his nephew
John and Sylvette
In the arboretum
à table

She's a bit Belge!

Well the rest and recurperation period lasted all of one day. The day of the accident itself, for our Crevette was up and at 'em on Saturday and you really wouldn't say she had been the victim of an accident or whimpering on the vet's table the day before. Sadly she has not AT ALL learnt from her mistakes, whole thing is already a distant memory and she runs out into the road as before.

Ah well...

Friday the thirteenth

Have you ever seen the little body of your four-legged friend lying in the road? It is the saddest stomach-freezing heart-stopping sight. Well that's what happened to us yesterday. The 'crevette', whom we have told a hundred time not to run into the road, didn't see the enormous white 4x4 and so now has two fractures in her pelvis and blood in her pee. Not to mention a nose bleed. She never saw what happened to her so she now looks permanently confused . But she is alive and well and back on her feet.

Est-ce que t'as déjà vu le petit corps de ton ami de quatre pattes coucher sur la route? C'est le chose le plus choquant, ton cour cesse a se battre et le ventre se frigorifié. Bien ça c'est ce que nous a arrivé hier. La crevette, a qui on dit des centaines des fois de ne pas courir dans la rue n'as pas vu arrivé le gros 4x4 blanc et a maintenant deux fractures de bassin et du sang dans le pis. Elle n'a jamais vu ce qu'il et l'arrivée alors elle a maintenant l'air très perplexe. Mais elle est belle est bien vivante.

Ma fête

I so cooool that so many of you are making all that effort to come and eat sausages in the Ardennes in two weeks time. It's really very exciting. Don't forget, black is forbidden at this party. The theme- spring. So I hope you are putting the finishing touches to your ladybird and daffodil disguises!

Happy Paques