We were about to leave for L’image and decided to check the booking with Stephen. It transpires that the owners were at today’s open day and that the restaurant is shut on Sundays. It was fortunate that we checked with him before setting off. The backup plan was always Chez Grand Ma and we had another good meal there so all was not lost.
France seems to close on Sunday. And lunchtimes. And Monday evenings. And August. And January. We emailed ahead to ask the next place for an evening meal tomorrow but they’re only doing cold snacks. So we asked for restaurant recommendations, only to be told that most places in the area are shut. The local Michelin starred place is shut at the end of September, and January.
The French do some really good food but it’s quite hard to actually buy it.
Things forgotten to recount:
- Jedd and Michele had been here for over a week before their luggage turned up. Air France had lost it and Stephen had been calling them three times a day to recover it. At one point it was assumed that it would never arrive. It seems that although the French do nationalisation quite well, Air France is an exception and appears to be rather poor in every way.
- The Auchan chain of supermarkets appears to be the best place to buy cheap, good quality wine.
- Thanks to Robert for including us in their celebrations when Scotland voted to keep being subsidised by the rest of the UK. A bottle of Bolinger appeared and Pen was treated to some good Champagne.