Friday, 27th September 2019
Madame Susan and Monsieur Mark’s travel adventure with us is ending tomorrow with their return flight from Barcelona back to Canada.
We are all sure it won’t be the last time we will be travellers together.
Monsieur Honey and I are staying on for an additional week in Spain.
It was going to be an easy going day.
We had a leisurely lunch, chatting and watching the going ons in the square.
Later in the afternoon after most of our packing was done, we wandered in the back garden and were treated to a tour of the landlords’ gardens.
Our evening included some card playing and finishing up the last of the tidying up to be ready for our departure in the morning.
I’ll leave you with a collage of some the other plants ...
I’ll be back with a few more posts!
Intentions were not to be too ambitious ... i.e. some packing, getting organized for the rest of the adventure.
We planned on staying in the village of Maureillas-las-Illas that has been our home base for past couple of weeks.
As you can see it was another glorious day.
The early morning views from the Juliet balcony on the third floor.
It was going to be an easy going day.
Only a few steps from our home away from home in the square, we lunched at a local café /restaurant “66 Sur Vins” ... 10 Place de la République.
This restaurant is owned /operated by a husband & wife team ... chef and server!
The weather was perfect for our al fresco lunch.
It was a fixed menu today with no a la carte options.
There were two choices for each course.
The starters were my favourite ... I chose the “ terrine de campagne de Mr Nou “.
I knew it was some type of pate but didn’t know what “Nou” was.
My enquiring mind found out it was homemade by the local butcher “Nou” ... his shop was also in the square.
The other option was a salad with hot goat cheese, both were yummy!
We had a leisurely lunch, chatting and watching the going ons in the square.
Here the children are heading back to school after their lunch ... no cars were allowed during this time, special flashing signs close the road off to vehicles.
Later in the afternoon after most of our packing was done, we wandered in the back garden and were treated to a tour of the landlords’ gardens.
Our landlady, Hazel and her husband provided detailed names of the various plants and some history of the property.
Here’s a photo of the back of the house ... we stayed in the house on the left and the owners live in the house on the right.
Our evening included some card playing and finishing up the last of the tidying up to be ready for our departure in the morning.
Just some of the corks ... from the delicious bottles of French wine we shared!
I’ll leave you with a collage of some the other plants ...
I’ll be back with a few more posts!
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