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- Apr 26, 2008
Dinner at Chateau de Rochecotte
On our way back to the hotel, our guide gave us varying times to decide on when we would like dinner (7:00, 7:15, 7:30 or 7:45) As we were in food overload & my husband wanted to go for a nice run around the grounds, we picked the latest time. Once we got back to the room, I relaxed while he did 3.5 mile run exploring the various paths. He ran into our bus driver cleaning the bus and the driver pointed out some good trails to explore. He was super thankful for that!
Before dinner, we walked around the hotel grounds as well. They were lovely and with little hidden statues and fountains around corners you didn’t expect there to be stuff.
About 5 minutes before 7:45PM, we headed downstairs to the restaurant. Apparently the owner wasn’t happy we were even that early and sent us to the drawing room to wait. My husband was annoyed when it became 7:50PM and we hadn’t been sat yet because of the gruffness of the original comment but we eventually were seated and one of our tour guests ate with us, a lovely widow who had a great outlook on life and an interesting background. She became one of our favorite people of the trip as we got to know her now and later in the trip.
Menu
The amuse bouche was eh but that is ok as it wasn’t like we didn’t have 3 more courses of food coming.
Amuse Bouche
My husband had the prawns to start and he was happy with them. I enjoyed the Salmon but the broth was the real star of the dish. I had no problem finishing that off!
Prawns
Salmon in Thai Broth
My husband enjoyed the beef - I know some people among our tour group didn’t like it much as France doesn’t use tenderizer like the States so it was tougher than what we usually get but it didn’t matter to him. My duck was nice but the skin could have been more crispy.
Filet of Beef
Roasted Duck
My husband enjoyed his chocolate cake while I loved my creme brulee.
All Chocolate Cake
Creme Brulee
After Dinner Treats
During our dinner, our tour guide came to make sure all was ok but we were all distracted by the Aussie at the table next to us. Excuse the horrible photos! One of the things I really loved about France was how dogs are pretty much allowed everywhere and people have trained their dogs to behave in public. Until we acknowledged the dog, he was very polite and stayed quietly by his owner. The owner was polite when we said hello. They were part of a Backroads trip that was going around the countryside.
After dinner, we packed up the room and got ready for our next day’s adventures along with switching to our next hotel.
On our way back to the hotel, our guide gave us varying times to decide on when we would like dinner (7:00, 7:15, 7:30 or 7:45) As we were in food overload & my husband wanted to go for a nice run around the grounds, we picked the latest time. Once we got back to the room, I relaxed while he did 3.5 mile run exploring the various paths. He ran into our bus driver cleaning the bus and the driver pointed out some good trails to explore. He was super thankful for that!
Before dinner, we walked around the hotel grounds as well. They were lovely and with little hidden statues and fountains around corners you didn’t expect there to be stuff.
About 5 minutes before 7:45PM, we headed downstairs to the restaurant. Apparently the owner wasn’t happy we were even that early and sent us to the drawing room to wait. My husband was annoyed when it became 7:50PM and we hadn’t been sat yet because of the gruffness of the original comment but we eventually were seated and one of our tour guests ate with us, a lovely widow who had a great outlook on life and an interesting background. She became one of our favorite people of the trip as we got to know her now and later in the trip.
Menu
The amuse bouche was eh but that is ok as it wasn’t like we didn’t have 3 more courses of food coming.
Amuse Bouche
My husband had the prawns to start and he was happy with them. I enjoyed the Salmon but the broth was the real star of the dish. I had no problem finishing that off!
Prawns
Salmon in Thai Broth
My husband enjoyed the beef - I know some people among our tour group didn’t like it much as France doesn’t use tenderizer like the States so it was tougher than what we usually get but it didn’t matter to him. My duck was nice but the skin could have been more crispy.
Filet of Beef
Roasted Duck
My husband enjoyed his chocolate cake while I loved my creme brulee.
All Chocolate Cake
Creme Brulee
After Dinner Treats
During our dinner, our tour guide came to make sure all was ok but we were all distracted by the Aussie at the table next to us. Excuse the horrible photos! One of the things I really loved about France was how dogs are pretty much allowed everywhere and people have trained their dogs to behave in public. Until we acknowledged the dog, he was very polite and stayed quietly by his owner. The owner was polite when we said hello. They were part of a Backroads trip that was going around the countryside.
After dinner, we packed up the room and got ready for our next day’s adventures along with switching to our next hotel.