COOKING WITH LYNNE - THE LAST FEW DAYS

The above two pics show Lynne in the village of Vianne and Lynne with a souvenir watercolour of the Village of Vianne.
(This is the last photo taken on the last day. Come back for more photos at the same time, same place, next year)


Our last picnic in the shadow of the Chateau de Lavardens


Dinner at the Cafe St Hubert at Gazaupouy on our way back from Toulouse


Inside Les Jacobins in Toulouse


What the heck shall I do with this?



This is us on the medieval bridge just outside the dining room window at The Mill

AT THE NERVE CENTRE
Lynne Macmillan demonstrating how it all comes together in the kitchen.

GETTING OUR MINDS INTO GEAR
This is us preparing for lunch by taking in the view near the Abbaye de Flaran.
The menu consisted of:
game pate and salad, followed by grilled young wild boar, grilled stag, poor mans' potatoes and beans, and then apple tart with armagnac, and all washed down with coffee and armagnac.

COOKING WITH LYNNE - WINE AND OTHER GOOD THINGS

Here we are with the produce stall we've opened at Mezin market.



And here we are being taught how to drink wine - something we didn't know very much about before we came to France.

COOKING WITH LYNNE - HARD YAKKA IN GASCONY

A NAME WORTH REMEMBERING WHATEVER YOUR AGE


ANOTHER PICNIC


HOW TO START THE DAY


PICNIC AT FOURCES


LUNCH AT LE VIEUX PRESSOIR


Two Lynnes and Three Musketeers

COOKING WITH LYNNE - DAYS 3 & 4

Here are some shots of the group hard at work on the U3A Cooking with Lynne course in sunny southwest France.
Here we are enjoying Lynne's first lesson in the garden at the Mill.
And here we are at the waterlily farm that supplied plants to the French impressionist Monet.
And, finally, here we are having dinner under les arcades at the small village of Montreal.
Watch this space for more pics of Aussie hard yakka in Europe.

COOKING WITH LYNNE - DAY 2

Day 2
This is a shot of the U3A Australians in front of the medieval bridge at Poedenas in SW France.
They're visiting Gascony on the Cooking with Lynne course.
We're on our way to Mezin market to buy the fresh produce and other goodies for this afternoon's lesson.
In between we'll have lunch at the Le Vieux Pressoire, taste some wine, follow Lynne cooking, try some more wine, have some wine with dinner and then it's off to bed for a good night's sleep so that we'll be well rested for tomorrow's wine tasting events.

U3A - LYNNE MACMILLAN'S COOKING TRIP TO FRANCE

Lynne's group arrived in Bordeaux mid afternoon after a few days in Paris.
This is a team shot in front of the medieval church of St Jean-Baptiste in Bazas. ( Two of the team have already disappeared into the church - I'll try to make sure they're in the next shot).
We're on our way to The Mill in Poudenas where they will be staying for a fortnight on the U3A Cooking with Lynne course.
Tomorrow we go to Mezin market to get what we need for the first lesson.
Watch this space.