Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day......

What a glorious day it is today...our 1st walk since returning from the UK. (another story)

Blue sky, warm sunshine, up in the high 20's ... just what we need and..violà...its here, and forecasts for the next week or so...

Plenty of trees & shrubs budding, birds singing, buzzards mewing...bees buzzing...lawnmowers mowing...the weather has given us a burst of energy, although we both have bad colds at the moment..so the warmth of the sunshine on our backs was very welcoming..

Today we have attacked the overgrown garden..1st cut of grass this year, (love the smell of newly mown grass) and in our wild garden, it has sprung into life...

Lunch in the garden was so relaxing, we could quite happily have stayed there...but duty calls..

Honey Buzzard mewing

Goats grazing in the sunshine

Large Oak trees newly cut..

Our Wild flower garden...

 1st cut of grass this year..

Our day in La Rochelle.

La Rochelle is a City in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.
La Rochelle was founded during the 10th century and became an important harbour in the 12th century.  La Rochelle's main feature is the "Vieux Port" (Old Harbour), which is at the heart of the city, picturesque and lined with seafood restaurants. The city walls are open to an evening promenade. The old town has been very well preserved.

La Rochelle has a very big Aquarium, and a small botanical garden (the Jardin des plantes de la La Rochelle)

Jardin des plantes (not my photo)

Aquarium (not my photo)

We decided to visit La Rochelle for the day with family. the sun was shining and a beautiful blue sky. We had a beautiful walk along the old Town, and had a lovely meal in one of the Fish restaurants. It was nice to see people sat out side watching the world go by with their small espresso coffees...

Old Town at night (not my photo)

Watching the world go by

City walls

City walls

Our lunch..

Steak with Roquefort sauce

Curry Moules Frites..

Chocolate Fondant

Panoramic view (not my photo)

Evening sunset ....