December 2010
8 posts
Happy New Year to all our friends near and far away.
We will be back in the city on Sunday.
Good Health to you all with best wishes from
Barrie and Marie-Therese
Whistle and I'll Come
Last Saturday evening there was a tele play with John Hurt called “Whistle and I’ll come” it was a bit weird but featured a very interesting location at Botany and Kingsgate Bays near Broadstairs. Also featured was Fairness House in Kingsgate bay. I recognised it straight away as I grew up near there and I had a cousin who also lived nearby. Boxing day morning we decided to take...
Christmas lunch
I heard from a French neighbour today and she said she was cooking turkey for lunch, very English I thought.
Marie-Therese reminded me that a typical Christmas lunch in France would be oysters, a dozen per person, followed by boudin blanc truffe, then a chocolate log cake, a “Buche de Noel”. That
is it, there might be some cheese between the main and the dessert. This would be...
Snowed in !
At last the snow in South East Kent is clearing and there are weak signs of sun!
We were snowed in since Friday but it did not matter we just were having a lazy time and Marie-Therese is trying to get over the recent stress she has been getting at her office.
We are chilling out till early January. Max very kindly bought me a super iPad for my birthday/Christmas so I am able to communicate with...
