Thank goodness that French TV is at least half decent. They have lots of fantastic Natural History type programs showing during the afternoon and early evening. It would be truly magnificent if we could also understand the language!
For the last couple of days, both of us have been taking turns lying in bed or on the couch! The VIRUS has got us in its evil grip. Graeme has an elephant sitting on his chest and I have snakes squirming in my tummy. Oh....we make a fine pair of crocks!
New Years Eve? I'm sure it was fun but to be honest we'd spent the whole day in bed and it just passed us by in a feverish blur. Our only highlight was that in the evening, a little knock on our door brought us "room service"! Hubert, Marie and Diane had brought us a care package of home made fois gras, salmon, savouries (that the kids had made) and.....2 bowls of chicken soup.
We had been invited to their NYE feast and we were so disappointed not to have been able to attend. I had been practising my french questions really hard for the last couple of days! And we'd also saved a special bottle of red wine from Bergerac. Alas, it was all to waste, as we were no good for anything! We thanked our "guardian angels" profusely and made a reasonable attempt at eating their treats. We did well, although we could not face the champagne! ( A true indication of our conditions - Have you ever known the Oxley's to turn down a champagne!!)
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