The Hotel did not have air con but
hey ho we had been suffering for about ten days with quite warm days and cooler
evenings. A drink in the bar and we went off for the surprise dinner at the
Chateau. As we arrived the tables and chairs were outside and John was able to
open the Champagne bottle using a sword which if done correctly removed the top
two inches of the bottle leaving the cork intact inside. John did it well and
no doubt it is resting somewhere in Austin Texas.
Dinner was excellent and we had a
choice of two starters, and we all had both, then a lamb course with vegetable
which tasted great and finishing with another choice of two deserts which we
all tried. The dinner was washed down with some nice red wine and finally
coffee with a small glass of Calvados to finish it off.
To our surprise and unexpected
pleasure Ingrid refused to accept payment for this dinner and she had
disappeared off to bed so we could not discuss it, what a lovely lady she is.
Afterwards we did a quick walk around the caravan site which was quite busy to
show our friends where we stayed. We had a small drink in the lovely bar before
leaving back to the Hotel and it was still rather warm and we all wondered if
we would sleep well.
