Another barbeque...

The hot weather still holding up, we were very happy to accept the invitation for a BBQ at Stephane's and Sandra's place (teacher colleagues of Mathilde). I guess there were quite a few things to celebrate: the arrival of "proper summer weather", Sandra’s and Stephane’s newly-born baby, not to mention the school year having finished (just the matter of a few baccalaureats to correct…).

So down we headed to their charming house, just down the road from us in Cagnes, for some Beignets de fleurs de courgettes (which were a bit more successful than the ones I prepared/burnt a few days earlier), merguez sausages (which are nearly as good as Finnish ones – or even better, some would argue ;-) and other local delicacies (both Sandra and Steph are authentic locals from the Cote d'Azur) – along with some excellent wine. And to top it all off, a delicious limoncello as a digestive).

The conversation subject was something I couldn’t always contribute a lot to (being, you know, about teacher stuff) – although there were a few blokes to discuss the footie European championships with ;-) (the semi-final between Germany and Turkey was on, actually - but the food was just too good for us to let such things distract us) A great time was had by all – and did I already say that the food was great? Walking back was quite a struggle, I tell ya...