We had another good holiday in France but this time we took my father in law with us. Robert helped with his brother laying the patio around the pool (first picture above) which took them 2 days and even then they had only managed to finish 3/4 of it ! It was really hot - too hot for those ang mohs really, to be out under the glaring sun with 28 degress celcius, especially for Robert - he was melting - literally, so not a good sight at all. Ha ha ha ! We didn't do much sight seeing this time around as we have already been to most of the tourists sites out there. However as we decided to abandon the "building" project we thought we would drop by one of the local parks i.e. with a landscaped lawn and gardens and an orchard with loads of fruits and berries especially raspberries, plums etc. I also came across which I think looked like a hibiscus bush (see picture below) I have never seen hibiscus blooms that big before and as it was the same colour as my capri pants (hehehe!!) Sarah said I should take a picture with it! Oh oh I think I need a haircut !!
Peter and Sarah's neighbour brought in 6 melons (!!) that she picked from the local fields near their villa. If you look at the first picture again you will see a big tree (walnut tree) on the other side of the pool and just about 2 meters from there are their neighbour's fields. This year they grown hay in those fields but last year crop was sunflowers which, as you can probably imagine the scenery then, looking out from the kitchen, must have been breathtaking!! (I guess that was how Van Gogh got his inspiration from !! ) Next year's crop will be melons. Her neighbour works in a local melon factory which harvests those fields and they tasted as sweet as nectar honey and, as a guess, I suspect that was due to them being ripened on the fields instead on transit to whichever country that they might be exporting to! (as a guess probably including UK asI have since been proven right !) The local peaches were yummy too and again they are so juicy as they were propably ripened on the tree itself - well, as they say, you win some you lose some !
I think I should give you a "tour" of their house by now - well I can try anyway from the pictures above. The second picture is the front view of the house; the opened front door takes you to the hallway [which leads you to the dining room on the left (which leads to the kitchen, and then to the swimming pool) and on the right of the hallway leads you to the lounge (the 3rd picture above shows the outside of that part of the house). There's a staircase which takes you to the three bedrooms, two with on-suite bathrooms and there is also a family bathroom upstairs too. There is an opened fire place (4 times the size of ours !!) on one end of the lounge with two big doors on each side and another one opens out onto the covered porch area where there is a purpose built-in barbecue, as shown in the 4th picture. You can see the roof covering the gravelled (stoney) porch area where the brown coloured bricked top of the barbecue is "peeking out" from behind of the bamboo on the right hand corner of the pic. You can also see the lake on the left of the picture which is their neighbour's. The garden/lawn area surrounding their house/villa (which they also own) is about 1 1/2 acres. Sarah has planted plums, walnuts and pears and she hopes to be able to harvest them in a few years time.
Although it was really hot out there the pool was far too cold for us to swim in unfortunately. The temperature gauge was only showing 21 degrees - way tooo cold for me !! Robert didn't go in either this time around. Maybe another time but probably not ever again, reason being the villa may be rented out to tourists next summer. No doubt they will as it is a lovely holiday villa but I don't think we will be able to afford the rent!
Au revoir France ........ pour le moment !! A la prochaine!
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