Group of 8 Lunch

Today, we had arranged to meet Dennis & Jackie at a restaurant midway between their location in St. Saturnin les Apts and us. So after checking out the drop off spot for Tony & Jackie's car in Avignon and another visit to Tissus Gregoire, we met Dennis & Jackie at L' Oustau de L'Isle just outside of L'Isle sur la Sorgue - another of Margaret's recommendations.

We had another fabulous meal consisting of an entry of a cashew & vegetable stuffed manacotti with fish and a main course of herb de Provence chicken leg and potatoes. Dessert was a pear cake with caramel ice cream.

After lunch, we drove to the Auchan at Avignon Sud to pick up essentials for dinner and breakfast. Everyone was duly impressed with the enormity and variety of this place.
For dinner this evening we started with our artichoke specialty and then had a variety of steak, chicken and lamb with potatoes from the market. Desserts were equally varied from the supermarket. The wine tasting for this evening started with an essentially horizontal tasting of the bouquet of 3 Vinsorbres wine that I picked up at la Vinsorbraise in our first week here. This was an interesting tasting since all wines were 2007 and of the same percentage of grapes - 60% grenache and 40% syrah. Each wine, however, was distinctly different.

The evening ended with cards and more wine to round out the day.