A quiet and relaxing day. I guess there is no need to say that because most of our day are quiet and relaxing. Today besides scrapbooking for me and writing for Stuart, we played cards. I guess I can say that every day as well! Anyway, we are enjoying every day!
Fanny's birthday is tomorrow. We suspect they will be gone for celebrating that or Bastille Day or La Fête Nationale as they call it, so we went into Bourg to find her a gift. We looked up chocolate shops in hopes of finding something nice there. We chose Pâtisserie Chocolaterie Frédéric Blanleil. We quickly found the place since it was right around the corner from the rustic cafe where we ate the other day. There weren't as many items in the store as shown on the website. I suppose those with fresh fruit must be ordered ahead. We got a few things for her and a few tastes for us. We took the chocolates and a bottle of sparkling wine over to them. Paul and the daughter were preparing a birthday meal for Fanny but he called her to come into the kitchen when he realized we brought her a gift. She seemed very touched and hugged us and gave a kiss on the cheek. She said it was a very wonderful chocolate shop. Such a sweet woman. Yes, they are celebrating her birthday today because they will be gone doing something tomorrow.
We got a small sampling for ourselves. The odd looking ones are interesting. Here is the little story about them. I like figs so wanted to try them. Quite different, there is a sort of nougat filling with nuts, then the outside pink substance is the fig paste or I am not sure what to call it. It was good. Well, I hope she likes them because we got her the box of 24!!! We got 6 of those, some orange sticks, and 2 cherry cordials. A tasty treat for us. We didn't eat it all but sampling a little at a time.
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