Thursday is pudding day!!!
No, wait... Thursday is market day in Dinan and the perfect way to let the new folks explore the city. Orders were given for flowers, cheese, wines, salad makings and base veggies for another leftover extravaganza bolognese.
We awoke to a cold, driving rain around 5am. Soothing to hear slamming against the slate roofs, but we realized that the rain could have some serious effects on the grand outdoor market.
God loves fools, drunks and American tourists it seems, because 10ish the rain stopped and the sun poked through the clouds for us.
Up THE HILL(tm) we went, grocery trolley and shopping bags in hand. Proper provisions were obtained in the much smaller market, and the shopping trolley was filled to capacity with wine and cookies that the more irresponsible of the party chose to load up on... cough...
Kelly, Mirinda and I went back down to the house to unload and take naps (Shopping is hard work dammit), while the others stayed up to explore Dinan.
Eventually folks wandered back and we broke out the cidre, wine, cheeses and snausages for a snackie before dinner. I worked on the pasta sauce and let it cook down for 3 hours before I hit it with a stick blender. Honestly, how many vacation rentals come with a freaking stick blender??
Dinner was superb, the company grand. Even Kelly.
Tomorrow morning Christina, Marcie and The Mums(c) head for Mont-Saint-Michel and after they return we are walking over to Lehon again. Dinner will be at L'Atelier Gourmand if we are back in time.
The girls leave tomorrow morning, we are bummed they could only stay for 3 days. At least we still have Kelly and Mirinda!
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