Monday, 29 August 2011

sunday morning's at sète





What I really love about cafés in France is the relaxed attitude towards bringing your own food. It's more than tolerated, it's actively encouraged. We often go to Sète on a Sunday morning & always to the same café, waiting for a table if needs be. We bring pastries brought from a local boulangerie & sometimes stay long enough to order a plate of oysters & mussels from les Halles across the road. The waiter then brings us each a glass of wine that he's chosen, always a different variety for me & another for F.

I spotted these biscuits on our last visit. As a child we called them 'snail biscuits' & I spent many an afternoon baking & promptly eating them.

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Sunday, 28 August 2011

SONO SICILIANA








We're back from a couple of weeks staying in the shadow of Mount Etna.

Thursday, 11 August 2011

cathar country







Thanks Suzie, I should have mentioned that these were taken at Queribus in Rousillion.

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Friday, 5 August 2011

luca's



I can never decide which I like taking best - before or after fika shots.
At any rate the cinnamon buns at Luca's Bakery on Lordship Lane are some of the best.

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Tuesday, 2 August 2011