France (with a little bit of tango) 10-21 May

I felt privileged to be asked by Kay to join her and Anna on a trip to France. We would spend 10 days in a house in the village of Carmatin. The house is owned by friends and our task was to get the garden under control.
I travelled to Edinburgh, took in an innovative tango lesson from Toby, and then we flew to Geneva, picked up a car and Kay drove us to Carmatin (about 2.5 hours). Lovely mountain scenery around Geneva and then rolling hills of central France. Carmatin is between Dijon and Lyon with Macon as the nearest big town. It is famous for its newly restored Chateau and being close to Taize, famous as a religious retreat which is extensive enough to feed 5,000 visitors! Cluny is close by with its Abbey. The days took on a pattern. Anna was up first and shopped for the croissants and fresh bread. We did jobs in the garden or visited local villages and markets during the day. Anna usually made the sandwiches if it was to be a long trip. In the evening, Kay and I would dance some tango and then we would eat the local produce, cooked by Kay.
I did a lot of washing up to add my skills to the group!
We had a log fire and settled down to eat chocolate and watch DVDs. The King's Speech on the penultimate night and Out of Africa on the last night. It was good relaxed living! We took in a couple of Early Music concerts in local churches, saw all the local sights and almost became French for those days!