Quelle bonne idee...

... it was to go to France for a week. Perfect hosts, beautiful location, an extended birthday celebration which involved large feasts on a regular basis and two (count them) luxury birthday cakes, new friends, three swimming pools, almond croissants, sun, my favourite room. Just everything really. And it was all topped off with a quite gorgeous Sunday lunch at an ultra kitsch fish restaurant in Bouzigues, right next to the sea. I say fish restaurant, that would really be oyster restaurant. Bouzigues is apparently THE place to get your oysters and the restaurant is the tag on to an oyster processing place. I'm not well up on oysters so I can't fill you in on the details but the whole lagoon was a landscape of oyster frames. Quite a strange feature - bit like something from Doctor Who. Anyway, we had a superb meal, the high point for me being a very large coupe de crevettes - that's big prawns/shrimp depending on where you come from. Yummy. On the next table, one lady seemed to be tucking in to a gargantuan plate of mixed shellfish which contained possibly more shellfish than I've eaten in my entire life. And I think that was just her starter. Immense. Anyway, a brilliant week - may I once again say you really ought to check out www.roujan.com

Anyway, back at college, final recital next week. It's definitely the final furlong. The final recital should be good. Come on down if you're in town and have the time. See the gigs section for details. 2.30pm Wednesday 21st in Sundial Music Room, Chiswell Street, between Barbican and Moorgate tubes.

Off to bed. Having an early night.

Rx