REPAS NOVEMBER 2010.wmv

This Saturday saw us once again enjoying a superb meal with the villagers of Bize. Gosh and do the French know how to enjoy themselves. We started with Appero's which consisted of what we would call a fortified wine accompanied by local olives, this was followed by pate and salad, a very boozey sorbet, then a pork dish with potatoes dauphinoise, then cheese plate and last but not least a scrumy pudding. All washed down of course by copious amounts of wine. The coffee was served accompanied by liquers. As you will see by the video we staggered around for about 6 hours before we finally went home. David actually managed to dance this time which made a nice change he usually chickens out! So its back to the choir this afternoon for a 3 hour rehearsal before our first Christmas concert on Saturday. We have lots of new things lined up to sing which is exciting. I am finding Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols hard work but interesting and we are looking forward to learning some Bach in the New Year. The weather has turned quite cold and wet although we still get sun during part of the day. I am missing the warm weather, the cold is definately not for me. Still its only another 12 months and I will be able to start planning for my trip back to Kenya with my friend Kate. We might even manage a trip to Paxos to see Kate and Terry in 2011 if I can convince D that he will be able to travel without mishap!. C'est la vie