Day 207 (Sunday)
I got a text from Audre last night that I missed saying that she will pick me up around 2.30pm today to have a coffee with her and her sister-in-law Patricia at her place. Huw wasn’t invited to this because Olivier wasn’t home and it was a girls’ coffee afternoon. I walked up to meet her and was standing behind a parked car for a few minutes looking for a good place for her to pull over. I felt really silly when she got out of said car saying ‘I’m here.’ There is no distance between our places but she picked me up to show me where it is. Their apartment is stunning, three bedrooms, a huge living room (containing all of Olivier’s 3,000 vinyls and that’s not including the singles.) She showed me their gorgeous terrace and as the sun was shining we chose to sit outside.

And this is their view…
We had a coffee and a great chat, mostly about travelling and their lovely family. I met Audre’s two children, Patricia’s two and then a nephew arrived. Audre told me that this nephew is a bit of a weirdo who wears masks a lot, even in restaurants where he manages to eat wearing it.
On the way home I was quite surprised by how busy it was, a few shops were actually open and they had their usual weekly flea market.

We had a lovely quiet evening at home, even though it’s New Year’s Eve, we want to be fresh for the big New Year lunch tomorrow at the tennis club.

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