Meeting the locals and dinner

We met downstairs in the hotel bar, which is very popular with the locals to have a pre-dinner drink. A group of Australians was quite the curiosity to the locals. I was able to answer their questions in French without making a complete fool of myself. There was a guy at the bar who was very keen to tell us about his encounter helping a young Aussie motocross champion, Jessica Gardiner, with her training. She was the first woman to win the International 6 day endurance race. A number of the locals were very pleased to meet some “real” Australians, and were telling me they find it difficult to comprehend how we can travel so far.

We enjoyed a lovely dinner in the hotel restaurant, accompanied by some fabulous red wine that I chose from St-Emilion.Read more