4.7.09 Along with Jean-Jacques, Michelle and their grandchildren we finally got around to accepting Monique and Alain's invitation to join them at their holiday flat in the Pyrenees about 500m from Llivia, a small Spanish enclave surrounded by France. The long and winding road took over two hours so when we arrived it was time to go for lunch which had been booked at a local equestrian centre. The usual traditional fare and a deluge were on the menu. The mountain air or was it the wine made us all sleepy nothing else would do but a siesta. Woke up for apéritifs and then dinner in Llivia in a restaurant serving more imaginative food and water served in rather elegant bottles which we cheekily asked if we could take away with us. Oh, we have so little shame and they will look good on the table at home! A little after dinner stroll and then home to bed. 
5.7.09 Jean-Jacques et al made a very late appearance the next morning so we went for paper and a coffee in the village. Then it was off to Puigcerdera to the market. A really nice little town with some very grand houses, smart looking hotels and of course, beautiful views. In the town there were women doing intricate lacework which is always facinating to watch. Sadly there were hardly any young people so I suppose sooner or later the craft will die out. The weather was hot and a storm not far away but it remained dry for lunch on the Plaça Major. Home for another siesta and dinner and an an old film back at the flat.
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