Totally lovely day yesterday. Began at the Cafe by the station, coffee with Charlotte and a bumping-into Thomas. They shared their political expertise - and explained a lot of middle-eastern/ French interaction to me. Spellbinding!
Thence to prepare for lunch. Actually, I'm self-aggrandising; all I did was set the table. Siggi had kindly decided to bring lunch to me and Bob since we couldn't go to her house (=Bob unwell, my allergies to her beasts) and then made a party of it by also inviting Kat, Norbert and Louise and Ole-Bendik.
This is now my favourite form of entertaining!
So, this is Siggi who did all the work.
Vegetable soup, very thick, delicious.
Seafood Choucroute, haddock, giant prawns, scallops, possibly other stuff. Amazing ( and a brief silence descended during the feeding frenzy as we were all absorbed...)
Cheddar -as introduced to Siggi by Phil and eaten in his memory - , Tomis de chevre, camembert
Diary free tiramisu with chestnut puree and heaven know what, which we loved!
Huge thanks to Siggi for that. All agreed she should do it again.
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| Kat and Norbert |
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| Ole-Bendik |
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| Thoughtful Louise |
My role consisted in opening a bottle of mysterious digestive, a gift from Kelly. It was billed as a fashionable shot amongst the young as it is mixed with tequila and is gum pink. It was only later, as Kat read the ingredients, that we discovered it should have been cold - cold enough to change the colour of the flower on the outside of the bottle. What will they think of next.
The evening spent in recovery mode.
Many many thanks to all for friendship and the amplification of life's pleasure!
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