france day 2

Hawken King (June 24, 2000)

Woke up severally early in the morning, at about 1pm. The shutters had been drawn around the house the previous evening and I had no way of knowing what time it was, so my bodyclock said afternoon and my eyes said no! Night.
I had a hearty lunch outside in the garden with Shige, Michelle and Jun. We spoke that afternoon [and the previous evening] in a French, English and Japanese hybrid, with myself almost having to relearn the French language to keep up the pace.
Later that day I travelled to a castle that was being reconstructed in traditional methods, it was almost all open to the public, I was even able to walk in the aging loft amongst the rafters and cobwebs.
When drinking a nice pint in the afternoon post castled out I spotted a guy sitting with his dog… looked precisely like a guy I once knew of called Nigel. Maybe it was him, he lives out here some where, I’ll never know though because English reserve got the better of me and I didnt ask him.
Had a nice meal, the French way. Shige and his partner Michelle live in Paris for the majority of the time, this country house in St fargeau, bourgogne is their retreat. They get little chance to cook for more than two so at this time we were all able to enjoy the plus side of cooking food in large quantities.
Picked some cherries, helped mow a lawn, made a bonfire.



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