another regret

Regret forgetting to take photos last night.... Esperaza being cold dark and wet Pete got volunteered to take us (Alicia, Zoey me) to the Casino. That's not the corner shop Casino, its the gambling den of vice at Alet-les-Bains. Lots of bright lights and laughing faces, could have made lovely pix...
I had rung them to reserve a table for dinner and they had said, its was the buffet and you couldn't reserve, just turn up. So we did.
Been to these things before (with Claudine) - regular users get a card and they can swipe in themselves and their guests. Its good-
Alas; they they said we couldn't eat because we weren't clients, despite the fact we each gambled and lost 5 euros.  Then we were left wondering which of us had enough of a crust in the back of a cupboard to feed us all. Monday ain't good for restaurants even in the season.

Fortunately the Moules Frites of Normandy was open though empty and we had a heap of moules and a mound of frites and we enjoyed it all. Then apple pie and wine at mine. Thoroughly good evening. The visuals remain in my head.