After breakfast we set off to Pont L'Évêque under dark clouds and brief showers. We stopped at a hypermarket to pick up supplies and had a light lunch in town in a small bistro including the classic croque monsieur. Then we got news that Fi was at the chateau and we could get in earlier than 5 pm. We drove down the long Allée du chateau towards the big house. Under the trees we found Fi and Joe and families already there and Fi gave us the tour of the enormous house and grounds. Ed and Nonie with kids arrived and Kim and Dave with Dean and Sara and Harvey and the new Rhodesian ridgeback puppy.
In the evening we had a wonderful dinner in the pool house prepared by Ed and Nonie. The children played outside till nightfall. We spent our first night in the chateau. I have pineapples on the end of my bed and a golden swan by my head.
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