Wednesday! Smoked Trout!

SITTING DRINKING OUR MORNING COFFEE AND WHAT DO i SEE BUT lIZ WALK BY OUR FRONT WINDOW HEADED TOWARD THE pROXY market next door. Then Kelly detected that something had been placed in our mailbox...yes...smoked trout! To a Sicilian bred soul such as myself this is a |message| and NOT a good one. To the logical Californian they are fish to be consumed with great joy. A conundrum no doubt but one easily solved. So out the door I go to see if that was indeed Liz and yes, there she is with her gas bottle to be exchanged with the Proxy man coming along with a trolley to make the task a bit easier. We made a date to be at Liz's this afternoon for a chat.

With that interaction over I was ready for more! |let's go downtown and see everyone| I said to Kelly when I returned from the gas bottle exchange business. And so it was that we left shortly to walk the 1/4 mile to the heart of Lignieres to see what we could see. First to the bank to get a money amount transferred to the seller of the video card I bought and may never see for $56.50 Euros...17E of it shipping charges! Ahem! That took a bit of explaining to the bank employees, two cuter people do not exist hereabouts (both very female). Soon it was only up to printing the receipts and much paper try swapping and printer door slapping ensued and finally...the receipts appeared and we were happily off. Then to stop at the Pharmacy to visit with the owner and say how overjoyed we are to be back in town. Then to the Tourist Board to chat with Mum Marie C who has a new baby boy! Joy of joys! What a cutie he is too...Christoff I think was the name she said. Beautiful indeed! Finally back through town and to the Bain Douche to see how the renovations are going, wow! what a fine theatre it's going to be! Then into the Marie (City Hall) to enquire about getting a card to use the garbage dump which was done in short order, then home to sit here and write this missive and get ready to go out to Lis's place and sit for a while and chat like old friends do. We NEED to see Sue and Dave too...and will.