Aix En Provence, Touet Sur Var

We bought some chocolate at the local gourmet show, one in the shape of a cheese wedge. It was fun watching Ollie's face go from confusion to joy tasting that one. We also got 1.3kg of cheese. The cheesemaker gave us lots of tips. With his pointy goatee and twinkly eyes, he couldn't look any more like a mouse.

<-- We had another long weekend, alright, and went to Aix En Provence. It's another beautiful old town. It's pedestrianised centre was packed with people, and had so many shops, it felt like an open air shopping centre.

something to dance to -->

This weekend we drove along the Var river, lovely. Touet Sur Var is an interesting walk and straight up. Puget-Theniers is flat enough, some nice little squares, but a tiny bit edgy.

<-- the only way is up. Getting fit in Touet.


Tomorrow, we'll watch the Nice-Cannes marathon. Three of my
coworkers are in it. I am more scared about this than they are. No special food, and alcohol seems ok.

They walked around work today no problems. They say that sitting down and getting up is hard.

By the time they reached our street, 9ks from the start, the Kenyans leave everyone else for dead. -->

Was putting on a movie the other day for Ollie. He told me "depeche toi", hurry yourself up.

<-- 2 Mandarin trees in our driveway are chock a block full, and delicious


Cheese notes:
The best way to store cheese is to sit your wedges upright on a plate, and no wrapper, so it can breathe. Put on some clingwrap, and poke small holes in it. Keep it in a fridge if you have to, but better to stick it in a cool cellar. Some are good with nuts, some with grapes, but I can't remember which.