Sues' Birthday

I cycled into the nearby village to see what could be done for the birthday  girl and was delighted to find a couple of hairdressers, and a small restaurant offering a set menu for lunch. Result! Now for the card. 
I got away with 'Carte, pour la anniversaire?' in one of the shops, and came away with a bone fide french birthday card.

My plan was for Sue to get pampered at the hairdressers, then take her for lunch. Job done!

Maybe not this hairdressers eh?

True to birthday form, the next day Sue had a lie in, then took an hour to get ready and, by the time we had walked in to the village (we only had one bike at this stage!) the hairdressers had closed for lunch and, the restaurant was only doing bar snacks, as the lunchtime service had finished.

Oh well, I tried. We settled for Croque Monsieur, which was lovely, and a coke in the glorious sunshine, and it worked out just fine.

Happy Birthday Sue!

I still don't understand why this part of France is so empty of tourists at this time of the year,  as the weather is glorious but, I guess most holidays are planned around school holidays. Not to worry, all the more for us!

The next morning however, we woke up freezing cold, it was 10c in the van!

Now I get it. It was time to head further south! I'd wanted to visit Biarritz because of it's supposed glamorous past but, reading a few reviews on the web suggested to me that it wouldn't be worth it. I wasn't concerned, we would see plenty more of France the following Spring. We decided not to bother and chose instead, to head for Spain