Weekend reflections
After the lycée pro open day we scuttled back to Pessac because Pat was off to the jumble sale at Eysines, where she found some incredible bargains.
Then off to the music school where there was a rehearsal of the orchestra from 15h30 to 17h - there's a concert some time soon (27th ?) and I am drafted in a reinforcements to my colleague Thomas. We play a lot of film music, (Narnia, Top Gun) and so on...
Then swiftly to Eysines to drop the kids off for their teen club sleepover.
Which left the course clear for Patricia and me to go to the posh Bistro round the corner. Today is our 17th wedding anniversary and with some money that we had been given we went out for a meal. We skipped the starters and I ordered sauté de boeuf avec son amertume de cacao et polenta while Pat ordered magret de canard sur son lit de legumes oubliées.
The restaurant was dimly lit so it was the flavour of mashed swede that alerted me to the fact that we had the wrong meals, but we were content with what we had so we continued. Dessert was a crumble de fruits divers d'hiver for Pat and profiteroles for me. All jolly nice.
On Sunday morning it was a struggle to launch ourselves out of bed in time to drop Pat off at Cenon and then for me to motor up to Anglade to take the morning service there. But we managed it and things seemed to go OK. The little congregation at Anglade is showing signs of growth.
Then the English service in the evening was followed by a delicious pot-luck supper. One benefit of an international congregation is an eclectic supper : lovely chicken curry, super sweet and sour meatballs and a rather nice chilli as well as other delights.
What struck me was our super-efficiency ! While Pat and the kids waited for me to return from Anglade and pick them up they got the tables ready for the supper. So once the service was over we all trooped upstairs, the food was put in place and the meal was under way. By 21h30 we were leaving the church, full and festive.
Then off to the music school where there was a rehearsal of the orchestra from 15h30 to 17h - there's a concert some time soon (27th ?) and I am drafted in a reinforcements to my colleague Thomas. We play a lot of film music, (Narnia, Top Gun) and so on...
Then swiftly to Eysines to drop the kids off for their teen club sleepover.
Which left the course clear for Patricia and me to go to the posh Bistro round the corner. Today is our 17th wedding anniversary and with some money that we had been given we went out for a meal. We skipped the starters and I ordered sauté de boeuf avec son amertume de cacao et polenta while Pat ordered magret de canard sur son lit de legumes oubliées.
The restaurant was dimly lit so it was the flavour of mashed swede that alerted me to the fact that we had the wrong meals, but we were content with what we had so we continued. Dessert was a crumble de fruits divers d'hiver for Pat and profiteroles for me. All jolly nice.
On Sunday morning it was a struggle to launch ourselves out of bed in time to drop Pat off at Cenon and then for me to motor up to Anglade to take the morning service there. But we managed it and things seemed to go OK. The little congregation at Anglade is showing signs of growth.
Then the English service in the evening was followed by a delicious pot-luck supper. One benefit of an international congregation is an eclectic supper : lovely chicken curry, super sweet and sour meatballs and a rather nice chilli as well as other delights.
What struck me was our super-efficiency ! While Pat and the kids waited for me to return from Anglade and pick them up they got the tables ready for the supper. So once the service was over we all trooped upstairs, the food was put in place and the meal was under way. By 21h30 we were leaving the church, full and festive.
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