Swiss miss

We agreed to set off to the market about ten, but by the time my Swiss guests had got themselves organised it was eleven-thirty – Rich hasn’t changed! We caught the tail-end of the market and Andi got very excited over some green beans. We went for coffee and a late breakfast, before setting off to Chateau de Monbazillac. It was wet and windy, but we took a look at the chateau, and then drove to the cave so Rich & Andi could sample the wines, which turned out to be popular.

We visited Eymet and Issigeac, but the weather was not on our side. We returned to the house via Leclerc, and later feasted on foie gras, magret de canard and fantastic cheeses, with complementary wines from Monbazillac. It was a shame they had missed out on the L’Enfance de Lard experience, as well as other activities I had planned, but under the circumstances we made the best of it.