Sunday, June 20, 2021

From the President

 Chers Amis

Recent rainy and windy weather has resulted in an unusual number of Pétanque cancellations so it was fitting that we find something to cheer us up a bit. A wine tasting normally does the trick and so it was that we had a capacity attendance of members and their guests at Mike and Lilias’s place on Wednesday, 16 June. Brent Mackay of Amazing Grapes, Canberra, supplied no less than 5 whites, 5 reds and a rosé for us to taste and enriched the experience by providing a commentary on the style and origin of each wine as it was introduced. With a good supply of cheese and biscuits, a wide variety of good French wines, and the company of lots of members of the Alliance, it all amounted to a wonderful evening.

The most important upcoming event for you to mark in your calendars is the Bastille Day lunch on Wednesday, 14 July. The venue, menus and prices will be circulated to you by e-mail as soon as we finalise details and, as time is getting short, bookings will have to be notified promptly.

On Sunday, 15 August, Sylvie and Wal are organising the AF Sapphire Coast Adventure Tour, a self-guided car tour of the local area, finishing at lunch time in a local restaurant. Directions for the tour will be given to you at the start of the event via a series of clues which could test your knowledge of things French. It will be more fun if we get teams of four people per car and four heads can probably resolve the clues better than two (and get you to your lunch more quickly). So mark the event in your calendar and have a great day out.

Hope you are keeping dry and warm.

Best wishes

Rob McCombie