Artisan

We went for lunch with friends yesterday in Chatillon-sur-Seine. It was a real treat to take time to sit and eat a relaxed lunch chatting to new and old friends in French and English. We also met their 96 year old aunt who had come to stay for a couple of weeks from Paris. She was a lovely lady full of french sophistication. It was good to chat with her, as her french was clear and precise. She tried to understand our English, as she told us she had learnt English at school.

On the way back the artisan bakers was open, so we stopped to buy a loaf. They do not bake baguettes just loaves using different locally produced flour and seeds, all very delicious.

just near it is a large water tower that always makes us smile as we drive past it. Someone has painted a cheery picture of a boy playing with two blue tits and some squirrels scrambling up on the other side. It has made a lovely feature of an otherwise ugly structure.