OH treated us to lunch out⊠hurrah.
Menu de jour, 5 courses with coffee⊠16 euros each.
and we had such funâŠ
Weâve known the patron and his wife (the chef) for years and there is always a jovial atmosphere. Mostly, itâs local workers with a few oddities (like us).
The patron is the only staff⊠he places you, takes the order, presents the food and clears the dishesâŠ
Today there were 30 of us, well spaced⊠and he danced here and there like an acrobat⊠never spilling or dropping anything.
Quite fun just watching his anticsâŠ
His wife is a wonderful cook⊠mmm⊠I feel a late siesta is beckoningâŠ
We do⊠he is a local boy made good⊠works like a trojan. His wife is a great cook and, as well as the resto, they do the catering for weddings/whateverâŠ
I got through to Orange on the phone after 3 rings!! And encountered a helpful customer service person! And got the follow up email promised after 30 minutes!!
Hasnât actually solved the problem, but at least I feel that I was paid attention to. And know what my next step is - making a complaint to the gendarmes,
When we had employees in our building firm here we had to buy them lunch or give them the equivalent in money every day and I often used to join them if they were not too far away and we had some fabulous meals for around âŹ10 back then including wine, but OH did not like them drinking it because of machines being used etc. The places were usually staffed by the cook and his wife or vice-verse in many cases and not plush eateries but clean and tidy and full of happy contented eaters mostly workmen. The quality of the meals provided were worthy of any top class resto Ă la carte.
Yes and especially when you see it in the fridge in the supermarket with grass bits still on it as well. Never did like tongue and for the past ten years of more hardly eat meat now, chicken is the only one I can say I enjoy
When our breton house went onto mains drainage and owners were responsable for doing the work themselves to connect up, OH putting exterior rodding eyes (small metal oval covers) at every corner of the house as the waste pipe from the kitchen could only go out and round two corners before joining up with the rest of the pipework between our barn and house. It paid off greatly as over theyears, grease built up in the pipework and the plumber was able to clear it via these eyes whereas it would have been a long and costly operation (this is post OH death so he wasnât around to take care of the problem) and the smell that emenated from the blockage was horrible in the kitchen sink/dishwasher area. A good tip is to wipe all your plates and dishes if greasy at all with kitchen roll, much cheaper than a plumber call out these days!
Between my smart meter & EDF, I have been informed that Iâm paying 25 euros per month more than I need, because Iâm not consuming as much electricity as I did last year, and Iâll be getting a rebate of 178 euros as well. Well done me!
Overnight stay in Lyon, a busy but not so wealthy district by the look of it. Walking through the market this morning with the smell of the fresh produce filling the air. A wiff of coffee from the small patisseries along my route. Truly France.
The chimney sweeps came yesterday, brothers I think, right on time as promised by text a month ago. Brilliant job, very clean, no mess and all done and dusted in 15 minutes.
I was lucky because I had forgotten they were coming and went for my usual 4pm swim and only remembered as I was drying off 15 minutes later. I had just put the last garment back on when it struck me and I heard the dogs bark.
Happy though because if I had remembered I wouldnât have risked it in case they were early and would have missed out 2 days running. No swim today because it is education day for Jules and I at 4 and I am taking little Oprah along to introduce her. Might even sign her up too, if Kahli agrees it will be beneficial. I am sure it will she is coming on leaps and bounds (well not exactly bounds, she plods along on her own largely following me dragging her 33 metre line, just in case) in the obedience department. She is not deaf but hard of hearing as befits her almost 13 years.
I hope you donât come back with Covid. Our neighbour works there twoor three days a week and she has caught it twice.
Lots of folk round here have retired from Lyon and they have caught it there.
. Tete a veau is actually quite nice.
I am over the moon 
