Tori and I did the French shopping trip to Carrefour. The store was entirely massive and is like superstore, canadian tire, future shop and wal-mart in one. The extenive 37 checkout aisles were sparsely staffed and this all had a single toilet to serve the customers who drink too much Perrier.
We then avoided anything like putting bikes together and instead walked the grounds of the chateau. We spent hours on the couch of her living room in some massive 15th century chateau in Fleury en Biere. I think we were both more relaxed than we had been in a long long time. I think we both saw pretty deep into each others' worlds for a while, maybe first time in a while too. Life is interesting, and this setting is a great way to attempt to distill at least the parts relevant to us... plus the trois fromages and bottle of chilled champagne of course helped.
We dined at Le Relais in Barbizon, which incorporated everything right about French dining - natural farm foods, still night air, a quaint backyard patio. Raddishes and escargot were brought first just to keep the table occupied; I went for poisson and Tori did a chevre chaud salad. A big apple pie tart tartin sent us packing, man was that good.
Tori's place has some working lights, a "kitchen" and passably functional plumbing. It's no 2010 house reno, but then not everything in the world should be. It's quaint and functional and beautiful and feels just right. We picked big blooming flower from the courtyard tree outside to decorate the coffee table and bring a little parfum scent to the room.
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