AWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND JULY 17

 Mimi the rabbit is very occupied to look for some carrots 

 

Linking to AWWW MONDAY

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WEEKEND

I can't remember since when I had such a cool and relaxed weekend ! Now that Mr. G enjoys his new home, at least I have the impression, I can do something  for me except the weekly scrabble.

There was the first excursion organized for the seniors and the program sounded nice. It was a welcom trip to Condroz, which I had never heard of and had to google to find out where it was. In fact it isapartof the Ardennes, but without any hills or rocks and the flooding hadn't touched this part. The bus was full and after having picked up everybody we sat on our seats all wearing our masks and saying hello to the people which we knew anyway from the past years. 

After the program we would see a lot. Indeed we saw a lot, cows, cows, cows, and sheep, sheep, sheep, etc. Sometimes a few horses.

The landscape could be everywhere, woods and fields. From time to time we saw a house and also a from far away a castle. We stopped once for a pee break and then drove to the castle where we were served our lunch. Fortunately we had a lot to chat and discuss, because after 10 cows and 20 sheep and 7 horses, we all had a bit enough from the landscape. Our poor guide did his best to inform us about the history of this part of the country, but the names were all in latin and dated from matusalem so nobody was very interested and we also heard some snoring in the bus.

But the worst was still to come, we finally arrived for our lunch in the castle.

 

The castle was very beautiful inside We all sat down and waited for the starter. Wine, white and red stood on the table and I got an alcohol free beer. Then we waited.

First came the apperitif  a Kir

The starter was local cheese "Mesclun" croquettes, that was good, then came :

"Le mignon de veau " (a veal brick) with mushrooms and pommes dauphines ( potatoe croquettes) I say brick because it was so hard impossibe to eat ! Ideal for the third teeth ! and the desert was a little cake with a very hard crust covered with lemon and mascarpone ! (I didn't lke it was too sour !) and of course cofffee.

Now I don't know if the cook had a contract with the dentist, because the meat was so hard that noboddy could eat it not really ideal for a group of seniors. To the joy of the castle dog everybody left his meat on the plate. The whole procedure lasted FOUR hours and as the wine was free, some people became very cheerful. Then the bus took us to Huy, we were all tired and there was nothing to see, so we stood there like a herd of sheep and didn't know what to do, because althouth it was a Saturday, all Brasseries, or cafes or restaurants were closed ! Nobody knew why, it wasn't a holiday.

Half dead we arrived in Waterloo, nearly forgot to say goodbye and disappeared in all directions ! Of course if you are locked in for nearly two years we were all a bit rusty. At home another surprise waited for me !  The garage door didn't open and somebody had to come to repair it and the elevator was still out of work had. When I finally arrived in my apartment, I jumped under the shower, and went to bed ! But still we had had a lot of fun !

The next day I didn't put a feet outside ! Only the idea to walk down four floors and then go up again four flors made me suffer even more. Mr.. G. was not sad at all that I didn't come, he had a friend who visited him to watch the Formular 1 together !

I spent the afternoon on the balcony the weather was delicious and rested my legs !