This week we sent off a request to the German Embassy in Bordeaux to get recognition for Pete's German ancestry. In the past weeks we have discovered that Pete's Grandmother was French/German and Pete's Great Grandparents were French! We knew his Dad and Grandfather were German, however we did not have any information past that...It has been a very emotional time, and it certainly explains Pete's love and passion for France.We have finally finished cementing the bar floor. Now to lay the tiles. OK! things go slow over here:)
It seems that this week was the week for being invited to dinner and lunch. Wow! so much fabulous food, wine and amazing company...An author (on her 3rd book), a retired lawyer/art critic, an ex diplomat who has given us so much support, a business developer, an engineer who has lent us most of his household tools, and a very multi-talented gentleman whose degree is in tourism and his expertise is in renovating old buildings. They are also bi-lingual. Way to go!!! We feel very blessed:)
We also managed to fit in more meetings with very influential people in the community to explain our plans for the café/bar, and a French lesson with our very patient and wonderful French teacher, Elisabeth.
Back in Aussie land, my sister was very pro-active this week and called me every day, ahh!
Our youngest son even broke his hectic life style to call us this week:)
We went for a brief walk this afternoon and these are the photos taken just up the road looking back on our property. Double click the photos to view in a larger screen, and then left arrow back at the top of the page.
Au revoir from Gourgé, France
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