Made it all the way!

Bonjour!  I finally arrived to the town of Isle Sur La Sorgue at about 9:00 pm last night.  I met up with Chris and Julie and some friends, and it was straight to dinner at a bistro in the center of the small town square.

We had a really nice meal, accompanied by several bottles of wine.  We are in the Rhone region, and the majority of wines here are a blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.  This one was really good, medium minus, low viscosity, not overly tannic, notes of blackberry, easy on the shoe leather and tobacco ;).

And of course, it was great with  some foie gras.  But then, everything is better with a little foie gras.

 

My main course for dinner was fresh made tagliatelle with "osso bucco" of monkfish and a tomato with pesto sauce.  Very nice!

After dinner, I headed back to the house (la maison) with Chris and the others that were staying there.  It is a pretty large estate, and I was given a tour.  I'll post a few more pictures too, as well as of activities from today, but right now I need to head downstairs as the rehearsal dinner is starting.  Au bientôt!