Surprise lunch

One Friday we decided to take a walk up over the hill behind us towards Pierrefonds, a small village with a big chateau rebuilt by Napoleon III and designed by Viollet-Le-Duc. In the event, we ran out of puff and just had to stop for at least a coffee at a nice looking auberge. Once inside (and for once our timing was right), we just had to stay for lunch. The service was friendly, all local people and it was one of those surprises that brings you back to the reality of why we are here.

Just to be completer finishers for a change we jumped into the car on the following Sunday afternoon and drove over to the nice auberge, parked the car and then finished our walk to Pierrefonds and back. Big mistake!!! Pierrefonds looks better when you drive through and we failed in our aim to find a nice restaurant for Yvonne's birthday lunch. To top it off, the sky dumped half of the Atlantic ocean during our return walk. Weather is now a major news item everyday and we are promised rain storms for the remainder of the week.

We can hardly wait for Le Tour to come to Compiegne.