The summer is here! Which means cozy dinners in gentle summer evening warmth :-). The first ones in line this year was Antoine & Claire. Antoine is a colleague of Mathilde’s, who possibly (and needlessly) felt obliged to invite us for dinner, since we had lent our old ‘n rusty Polo to him for a week or so. They live near the typically pretty Provencal village of Carros, about half an hours drive by typically narrow country lanes. Since our GPS was unable to find the exact location, we followed Sandra and Stephane there (who were also invited). Claire & Antoine live in a lovely, typically Provencal villa, with great views over the Var valley. A pity about the cloudy weather... After an entertaining apero, with live entertainment from the children, we enjoyed e delicious Tagine (apparently, the recipe is secret). All in all, we spent a very nice evening there; with great food, wine and company.
On Thursday, I took Mathilde to the airport, and from there sped back down to Cagnes for my dentist appointment. Just as I was about to get my teeth examined, I got a text message from Jean-Luc, a colleague of mine who was visiting the Cote d’Azur, inviting me for dinner to their rented villa in Le Colle-sur-Loup. I obviously could not say no to that, so once my appointment was over, I quickly headed home to pick up a bottle of rose, and then continued down to Le Colle (which is thankfully just a 5-minute drive from Cagnes). Jean-Luc got a taste for the Cote d’Azur during the 6 months he spent at our office over here (I can understand he misses the warmth – as he normally works in Helsinki). Anyway, it was great to catch up with him and his family again – and I was rather impressed to hear about his Nice Ironman performance (which had taken place the Sunday before) – his marathon time alone was 4:20 (that’s not too bad after 3.8km of swimming and 180km of cycling! When I was practicing for my sadly cancelled marathon run, I was aiming for 5 hours, just to put things into perspective...). The only downer of the pleasant evening was that Theo (who’s about 5 years old) kept beating me at cards!
The summer is here! Which means cozy dinners in gentle summer evening warmth :-). The first ones in line this year was Antoine & Claire. Antoine is a colleague of Mathilde’s, who possibly (and needlessly) felt obliged to invite us for dinner, since we had lent our old ‘n rusty Polo to him for a week or so. They live near the typically pretty Provencal village of Carros, about half an hours drive by typically narrow country lanes. Since our GPS was unable to find the exact location, we followed Sandra and Stephane there (who were also invited). Claire & Antoine live in a lovely, typically Provencal villa, with great views over the Var valley. A pity about the cloudy weather... After an entertaining apero, with live entertainment from the children, we enjoyed e delicious Tagine (apparently, the recipe is secret). All in all, we spent a very nice evening there; with great food, wine and company.
On Thursday, I took Mathilde to the airport, and from there sped back down to Cagnes for my dentist appointment. Just as I was about to get my teeth examined, I got a text message from Jean-Luc, a colleague of mine who was visiting the Cote d’Azur, inviting me for dinner to their rented villa in Le Colle-sur-Loup. I obviously could not say no to that, so once my appointment was over, I quickly headed home to pick up a bottle of rose, and then continued down to Le Colle (which is thankfully just a 5-minute drive from Cagnes). Jean-Luc got a taste for the Cote d’Azur during the 6 months he spent at our office over here (I can understand he misses the warmth – as he normally works in Helsinki). Anyway, it was great to catch up with him and his family again – and I was rather impressed to hear about his Nice Ironman performance (which had taken place the Sunday before) – his marathon time alone was 4:20 (that’s not too bad after 3.8km of swimming and 180km of cycling! When I was practicing for my sadly cancelled marathon run, I was aiming for 5 hours, just to put things into perspective...). The only downer of the pleasant evening was that Theo (who’s about 5 years old) kept beating me at cards!
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