Visitors from Catalonia

We had only just made it back home, before we had two get ready our good friends Richard and Mireia (and not to forget young Eric!), who were visiting from Barcelona, Spain (or should I say Catalonia?). We also found out that Ollie and Raphaelle were visiting the Cote d'Azur with little Lucas, whom we were keen to finally meet. So we invited them over for dinner as well.

It was quite a nice little "UK" reunion - we'd gotten to know each others back during the wild days at Guildford... Great to catch up with Ollie and Rapha as well - now that they live in Lyons, we can hopefully meet more often ;). We had a great time, in spite of the pizzas we ordered arriving rather late... (too late for Ollie and Raphaelle, which actually meant there was more for the rest of us to eat - always look on the bright side of life, right? ;-).

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In spite of my sore head (that home-made Calvados I usually enjoy with friends we have over at our flat always seems to have that effect on me?), I had a rather productive first day at the office on Monday, after which I joined the rest in Nice for dinner. We started off with an aperitif at Place Garibaldi, after which we made our way to the port, where we dined at what's becoming one of our favourite eateries in Nice - le Pass'port. Simple, unpretentious, good-for-value food, what else can one ask for ? We had a bit of a nasty surprise on the way back home - somebody had bumped into our nearly-brand-new Clio in the car park... (well, I suppose it had to happen at some point - we live in the South of France, after all!).

The next day was sadly our friends' last day visiting us, so we decided to take them up to Haut-des-Cagnes (the old part of Cagnes-sur-Mer, kind of like a medieval village perched on its hilltop) for dinner. Nice to be back there - we don't go there very often - a pity really since it's a pretty beautiful place to walk around. We had dinner in one of the restaurants on the castle square, a pretty good choice I would say. Nice atmosphere, good food, good company - a very nice night out!

We were sorry to see Richard, Mireia and Eric go - 'twas good fun!