Sometimes, it seems as if life is very quiet indeed in my part of France – but, I can tell you from experience, it is often a case of knowing where to look, or being adventurous, going for a wander and discovering somewhere or something memorable
Take the last Friday in August. Just about everyone in France is getting ready for La Rentree - the return - to normality, work, school or whatever it is we all did before the summer and long, long holidays. Which means we all want to make the most of the weekend. As it was almost my birthday, the Other Half took me to the little town of Hesdin to find a restaurant – there are plenty of choices there even though it is quite a sleepy little village apart from market day on Thursday. We parked in the square in front of the 17th Century building that is the town hall and heard what sounded like Pink Floyd playing a gig close by. Drawn to the noise we wandered down a little road and in the little square in front of the Belle Epoque restaurant a band was playing what was advertised as “80s Rock Music”.
The restaurant staff squeezed us in just about as they must have had most of the population in the town there and tables spilled out way into the square.
There was a full moon, people were dancing on the square including old ladies in lace shawls, it was a perfect way to end the long hot summer we’ve had in France this year.
Wishing you all a very happy autumn....
A La Rentree