Champagne to Burgundy

Today was all about revisiting one of our most favourite destinations in the whole world - "our" little cottage in Burgundy.  We had  breakfast as usual at 9am with the gorgeous young French-Canadian couple - Kate & Vincent (pronounced van-soh), and four other guests, and then said our goodbyes to them all and to our hosts, Sylvie, Dominique and Harry.

After a final walk around our village, we set off on the long drive along the amazingly efficient motorways - with incredibly polite drivers - and after a couple of stops for coffee and sandwiches along the way, finally arrived at one of our favourite supermarkets on the outskirts of Burgundy.  And wouldn't you know it, they are selling the same champagnes we bought yesterday at even cheaper prices! Brian was almost in tears.

Then on what is now a very familiar drive to our beautiful village of Bouilland.  Our landlords, Abigail and Jasper were both out, but our cottage was open ready for us and we were completely unpacked and settled in by the time they arrived home.  And they still have the 3 horses and 4 cats so I am in seventh heaven.  And the field opposite our bathroom still has the flock of crazy black sheep, and there is a large herd of the famous Burgundian cattle (Charolais) in the field next to that. And the sky was blue, and the grass is green and the garden is in full flower - this is heaven!

And just to top it off, Anka, Lincoln and Oscar are staying in a gorgeous new "gite" just a few hundred metres away and we were invited to join them for dinner tonight where they served a selection of terrines with cornichons, then pan fried duck breasts with fabulous baby potatoes cooked in their skins with lots of butter and garlic, and baby green beans tossed with forrest mushrooms.  Then some cheese which we bought at the supermarket (better than those we buy at the gourmet cheese outlets in Subi) and of course fabulous bread, champagne, and a couple of bottles of burgundy (chardonnay and pinot).  

We walked "home" hand in hand, with the aid of my iPhone torch app, on a gorgeous balmy night. It's now just after midnight and time for bed - this is starting to feel like a real holiday!