Sleep over success

I'm not feeling quite so full of the joys of spring today as I am not coming back to France for two weeks because of work, so everyone was a bit unhappy at home this morning when it was time for me to leave.

We did have another good weekend, the forecast was for lots of rain however when it came to it, not much fell and on Saturday afternoon I watched the thermometer climb to 28 degrees before it clouded over and started forcing the temps back down again.

Fleur went for a sleep over with friends on Saturday night and she managed to stay the night this time, last sleep over she wanted to come home at around 9:00pm, so we are pleased she did it, although we heard there was the odd tear when it came to bed time.

With Fleur away for the night Franca & I had a chance to spend some time together which was great, cooking together, chatting and of course the odd glass of wine or two? We decided that if Fleur wanted come home we would have to walk round to pick her up, but by the time 11:00pm arrived we figured out that she was going to stay the night and we could go to bed.

It was a bit of a lazy weekend, at least by my standards, I finished chopping down the Laurel tree, so wehave thousands of bay leaves slowly drying in the garden, wonder how much they would be worth, probably not enough to pick them off the branches, so they will nearly all go on the bonefire when the burning season starts again in November.

We made a slow start to Sunday, picked up Fleur at around 10:00am, popped back home and then we went to Chateau Rochefoucald, an impressive chateau to the east of Angouleme. The Chateau was indeed impressive from the outside a very large and imposing building, though less so on the inside. Fleur enjoyed the dressing up feature where you were allowed to try on medieval clothing, so you could be photographed in costume. I was impressed by the extent of the natural underground caves upon which the chateau was built. The Chateau lacks the extensive gardens of many Chateaux in France which is probably why many visitors feel a bit disappointed.

However its rooms are impressive especially the chapel and the views are grand too. The chateau is still lived in so not all of it is open to the public, and being in France it certainly was not overcrowded.
















A quick post script to this message, I've had my weeks work changed around, and I have been able to get a flight back home, so everyone is happy again...