Wednesday 5th August

It is August and the tourist season is in full swing.  The café is getting busier too, and not only English but quite a few Belgiques and Hollandaise and of course a fair sprinkling of French.  Mum and Dad are out here for a week, and though we haven’t been sightseeing so much, every evening we are eating out and it is almost a party every night.  As is our recently acquired tradition the first night with any new guests we go to the Pizzeria.  This is by far the most popular restaurant in town with many people driving miles to come here.  Their pizza’s are the best, very thin base, a wonderful home-made passata and lashing of finely shredded mozzarella.  Simple and wonderful, they are baked in a stone oven at about 375 degrees and take only about four minutes.  I sometimes call in for take-away pizza and it is quite something to watch the pizza-chef who not only is making the pizzas but has to remember the order he has placed them in the oven and with his pizza-spade slides them out when cooked.  Thursday was the Gourmande evening in Parc Forestiere, Friday and another Gourmande evening in Sauvetat.  Saturday and some friends made a wonderful paella.  They run a B. & B. and they were so busy they brought the paella and barbeque over to us. Another great evening.  Sunday and we ate in the Peruvian restaurant, another wonderful meal.

Last night we ate at Seyches; a four course meal with unlimited red wine for twelve euros each and tonight is the Night Market here in Eymet.  My poor parents will go home today exhausted.  But for us the Party continues, we have the Medieval Festival at the weekend and lots more to come.