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The week started with yet another education session. After a l-o-n-g lunch at Isle sur l’Sorgue in which Papa (mine host) and ourselves debated the merits of the French -English match to be played at Twickers that afternoon, we went to a pepiniere (nursery) to buy two olive trees for the front entrance. Well, we found out that there are 117 varieties of olive trees and only one can grow in Menerbes - and they were the dodgy ones at the end of the nursery! We’ve left the decision to our gardener extraordinaire Giles.

We’ve bought and had installed a fountain (see pic), so the Madame is feeling at home.

and then on Thursday we had our first French guest luncheon inviting our neighbours Jean-Pierre and Genevieve. We gave them an Aussie barbi - they loved it! But, of course, we had no garden table so had to buy one:

Friday’s highlight was yet another lunch this time at the Verandah in Menerbes - Rod and Amanda Bennett from Melbourne. A fine time was had by all and rose stocks will have to be replenished.

Jan is here from the UK and we’ve had our heated towel rails installed - but, of course, only one works. We now wait for the electrician to come back ’sometime’ to fix.

Weather is absolutely beautiful and every days sees new blossoms and tress burst into life.

Vive la France. Au bientot.

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