West of the Town

Monday 31 December 2012

New Year

New year is celebrated by most people in France. Here at the church there are games (and food of course).

In this game, you have to blow the cups off the table with only the air in the balloon. There were red faces for more than one reason.

Time for more food!

Cordialement
Terry

Sunday 23 December 2012

Cognac

As you can see, we are enjoying some fine weather in between the showers. True, June does still have her coat on, it is only 14 degrees, but with the sun and little wind, it is certainly good enough to have the plat du jour here in Cognac.

And it was good to catch up with old friends in the church. Can it really be nearly 2 years since we were last here? The pastor's son is no longer a baby, Emma got married, and there is a new, much bigger church building being built. We booked ourselves in for the new year celebration.

But for now I have to finish my meal, tandory chicken, a desert, and glass of wine for under a tenner.

Perfect


Terry

Saturday 8 December 2012

A Colourful White Christmas

It snowed. A couple of days ago now, and it was heavy for a while Since then we have had more snow flurries and a little thawing during the day. The snow is still there, but it is having little effect as the roads are mainly clear now.
Early morning snow down our road.
We wondered if we should get a tree, just for the 2 of us. Probably not, but we did see these for sale, just to colour up your living room.
Trees with a difference