Lunch at Cheval Blanc in Luxé

A last minute decision today to go out for lunch at the Cheval Blanc, one of our favourite Restaurants. As usual superb, I think one of the best restaurants in the region that is excellent value for money i.e. 5 courses with a bottle of wine between 2 people for €19, the children's menu to include Cheese €7.?.  superb...The staff are very attentive and friendly, and the quality of the fresh food delicious.

The ambience of the Restaurant adds to the enjoyable lunch, people chatting, laughing and enjoying their meal, no urgency to hurry along, a lovely long relaxing way to spend the afternoon..

I have put some photos on for you to enjoy..

Mushroom Soup

Melon with Rosemary & Pineau Sorbet

Lamb with Garlic cream sauce

Children's Steak

Cheese Trolley

Peach Sponge with Strawberry ice cream and sugar basket

Petit Fours with Coffee

Lunch with Morgan & Bobbi

Bobbi enjoying her soup

Morgan enjoying his Melon with Rosemary & Pineau Sorbet

Bobbi enjoying the conversation on the next table.. :-)

beautiful fresh flowers on the table

Bobbi enjoying her Steak

Morgan enjoying his Cheese

Morgan enjoying his Steak

A family of Roe Deer..

Driving home one teatime last week, we had to stop to let a Doe and 2 Fawn cross the road, they then made their way down to where we live. These are Roe Deers, there are few of them that circulate our house and surrounding area.....obviously their home...

The photos are beautiful, I love it when I see a Deer, it reminds me that we live in Rural France.

Doe & Fawn cross the road

Fawn playing around

Fawn looking for the other

Beautiful

Just stood watching us

Going to find her Mum

Fawn in the field

Found her sister

Both trying to hide

Staying together

The grandchildren are here.... :-)

2 of our Grandchildren are staying with us, Morgan & Bobbi, we had them last Summer for 5 weeks and had a great time, that much so they wanted to do it again this year..so here are a few photos of their adventure so far....

We have been out for lovely meals, been swimming in the River Charente, Canoeing, and been playing with their cousins Max & Rosie. Morgan & Max camped in the garden all night along with Morgan's grandad. Morgan & Bobbi cut the grass with grandad on the sit on mower, a big help for grandad. One evening we went to a funfair, which the children thoroughly enjoyed , especially the Dodgem's, and the inflatable slide.They played cricket in the garden in temperatures of 40 deg, far too hot, but didn't seem to bother them. Bobbi & Rosie helped me to bake some cakes, they actually tasted quite nice, so will get them doing baking again. Lots of fun playing on the Hay stacks and jumping from one to another.......Morgan & Bobbi are going to finish painting the wheelbarrow today (Max & Rosie gone home) so we can then go and buy some plants to put in it and put it in the orchard...what this space,..so much to tell.

Bobbi (blue dress)& Rosie

Morgan & Bobbi Canoeing with Nannie & Grandad

Morgan cutting the grass

Bobbi cutting the grass

Morgan & Max at Cafe Portebleue in Verteuil.

Bobbi..

Bobbi with the Chateau at Verteuil in the background

Bobbi & Rosie..

Morgan & Max luxury camping

Morgan, Bobbi, Max and Rosie at Poitier

All having fun at Poitier

All painting the wheelbarrow for the garden.

All on the inflatable slide

Morgan & Bobbi on the Dodgem's

All in the Orchard as it was very hot

Morgan and his Grandad, Max and his Grandad playing Cricket

Morgan & Max on our walk

Morgan having lunch at The Argentor in Nanteuil

Bobbi having lunch at The Argentor in Nanteuil

Lippy time

Morgan & Bobbi

Morgan , Bobbi and Max on the haystacks

All 3 with Maisie

Bobbi & Rosie helping me bake

Picnic by the River Charente

All swimming in the River along with a beautiful Swan

Morgan diving off Grandad's shoulders

Bobbi

Morgan, Bobbi and Grandad Canoeing

A catch up on my blog....

I haven't been on my blog for a while as it is in the process of being updated...a working progress..

I have been very busy as I have had visitors, my son and daughter in law with our 2 grandchildren Morgan & Bobbi. For the last 10 days I have had my sister & husband staying with their 2 grandchildren Max & Rosie, they went home today.

Morgan & Bobbi are staying with us until 3rd September, they have their Summer holidays with us, which is always an adventure. We have had a Mini Olympics, swimming competitions,Diving competitions, hunt the Ribbon.

Morgan found his Ribbon

Bobbi found her Ribbon

Max found his Ribbon

Rosie the Winner

   

Morgan,Bobbi,Max and Rosie

Bobbi & Rosie

Morgan & Max

A quick dip in the pool as we are having a heatwave..