Day 25

 Bonjour!

What a day what a day!  Started off to a late start.  I slept like a baby with the windows wide open (no screens as we don't get bugs here) and a donormyl (sleep aid/hauger).

Doug, Mykle and I went into a neighboring town called Bielle https://www.google.com/search?q=bielle+france&sca_esv=556568527&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1066US1066&sxsrf=AB5stBgIcvCxI_Y00QqIUNDK_hJTDWIBNQ%3A1691950249649&ei=qRzZZLfPJtDtkdUP9a2yiAE&ved=2ahUKEwi9jYqcntqAAxXHUaQEHfpXCDMQnZMFegQISBAC&uact=5&oq=bielle+france&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDWJpZWxsZSBmcmFuY2UyBRAuGIAEMggQABgWGB4YDzIIEAAYFhgeGA8yCBAAGBYYHhgKMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIIEAAYigUYhgMyFBAuGIAEGJcFGNwEGN4EGOAE2AEBSOxIUABYwkJwAHgBkAEAmAHHAaABzQmqAQM5LjS4AQPIAQD4AQHCAgcQIxiKBRgnwgIEECMYJ8ICDhAuGIoFGMcBGNEDGJECwgIIEAAYigUYkQLCAgUQABiABMICCxAuGIAEGMcBGNEDwgIHEAAYigUYQ8ICGhAuGIAEGMcBGNEDGJcFGNwEGN4EGOAE2AEB4gMEGAAgQYgGAboGBggBEAEYFA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&si=ACFMAn-pRAQ4unh1qRdDVEt60xZjEbbHfZ4RP57YSEifJ739qiK2XNhtlayRxyGxrScOfkb2DbiZv2avBHC3cd1EqaiRik4kPj-oz8D4MST-ozWF11Y82tI%3D&ictx=1  to meet their friends and now mine, an expat couple (Ann and Judy) from Washington State.

We had a lovely lunch at La Petite Faim https://www.lapetitefaimbielle.fr/.  If ever in the south of France, it's a must go to!  The owners are originally from Belgium and the frites (fries) are to die for!  I had which you will see in a picture....poulette wrapped in prosciutto, mozzarella with cherry tomatoes with a balsamic reduction followed by a lovely salad of fresh greens. As if it could get any better, Mykle got a peach thingamajig and I had a raspberry dessert with fresh raspberries, a scoop of raspberry gelato and grapefruit gelato covered with a fresh raspberry compote, all of which there is a picture of below.

After lunch we walked around the town and enjoyed the history and culture.  In one of the photos is a house dated back to 1633!  We say a wash station where the ladies of the household would go to hand wash their clothes and I'm sure to bitch about their husbands, LOL.  Overall a lovely day!

Came back and took a nap.  Worked on 3D renderings of our house here in OSM (Oloron Saint Marie).  Mykle made a yummy pizza as it is pizza sunday and a fresh green salad.

We are sitting around in pj's, Doug and I with wine and I have a feeling poptorn (popcorn) might be in our future.

Au revoir!


















































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