Three weeks since the last blog…
What’s been happening?
At the end of July, Maria and Juan came for a quick visit on their way home from Lyon, France to Leon, Spain. Pau seemed to be a 1/2 way point and a good place to stop for a visit. It was so great to have a visit with them even tho we’d just seen them a little over a month ago.
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| Dinner at Le Dauphin |
We walked around the Chateau district, dined at Le Dauphin, talked and laughed between eating and hearing the Basque Brass marching Band. Pau was celebrating King Henri IV for the weekend (thus the Basque Band) so there was music and dancing in the Plaza by the Chateau and Vendors selling food, drink, clothes and gifts along the Boulevard. It was a lovely evening.
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Our new friends, Peter and Nicola, moved into Le Residence on the first floor. We’ve helped a little by setting up furniture and packing up their car (John) with stuff for the dump so one night
they invited us for apero.
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| A really nice spread for just moving in, I must say. |
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| Santé for the move in |
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| Nicola and Peter laughing at John’s jokes |
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Mozart’s Requium was performed in the Chateau Courtyard.
By the time I went to buy tickets, the concert was sold out.
So we walked to the entrance so see if we could hear anything.
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| The sun sets to a piano concerto. |
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| At the entrance gate - still pretty good view and sound. |
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| Mozart’s Requiem |
I took a video, but can’t seem to download it.
We stayed until the bugs started biting me. Maybe it was good we didn’t get tickets.
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It’s hot, hot, hot, but we still go to the gym in the mornings before it gets really hot.
At the gym we run into “Golf”(Ampon) and we arrange to take a walk in the evening when it’s cool.
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| Ampon, me and John by the Chateau. |
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Life in Pau is a lovely way to spend our retirement.
New friends, long walks in the Chateau district, great food,
old friends, like Maria & Juan and Christie & David, is a great time.
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-Bon Soir-
