There were lots of families, children & well just loads of people in general – and I commented to Dave that it seemed strange to me – for a (albeit sunny) Wednesday afternoon in February – that it was SO busy…
We found our answer a little later on entering a bar on side street, when I made a new French (Ukraine mum & French dad) bessie and discovered that it was a French Bank Holiday !!!
The bar was fab – dollies of all kinds covered every wall & crevice and there were four REAL swings (balançoire – I like to learn a new word !!!) hanging from the ceiling as seats at the bar – so we sat on two of them (see photie below !!!).
It wasn’t cheap – €10 for a large beer and €5 for a medium-sized vin blanc… but when this lady (Catty) sitting close by said “Sante” to me, we struck up a conversation. She had no English so I practiced my (very rusty) A’Level French on her and Jerome (the barman) interjected now & again to clarify things…
Two drinks later plus the swapping of mobile numbers with Catty promising to come & visit us at Pink Beach (!!!) we had another little wander around the shops then decided to have dinner in the main square at Le Lion D’Or (The Golden Lion) and O M G it was amazing…
