Les pâtisseries, la poterie et les pointes

Pastries, pottery and pointe shoes made for some very pleasant moments over the past few days.

First of all, not far up the street from the "chocolate cave" establishment, there is a bakery (this, in fact, is true no matter in which direction you choose to walk).  But this particular bakery had the girls, once again, stopped in their tracks.  It was the dainty pastries and the writing on the sign that grabbed their attention.

There was no doubt among the four of us that our family could, without much hardship, polish off eleven of these tasty looking treats.  But, trying to impart some sense of moderation to my children, I told them that we should hold off on this "eleven for €10" deal until we had some friends to bring on in to the sampling party.

Well, guess what?  We had our first visitors!  Some friends from Nova Scotia, who had just finished some interesting travels around France, jumped on a train to Antibes from their last stop at Nice, and joined us for a picnic and some play time at our beach.  I had no argument now against buying a box full of pastries.

Grace and Lily brought our young guest, Emily, down the street to this window and, between the three of them, they made some tricky decisions on what eleven to chose.  We did eat more than just pastries for lunch, but this is what dessert time looked like at the beach:

A little jumbly from the walk in the beach bag, but here's the selection the girls chose.   

They disappeared very quickly.  That was the evidence Grace needed to suggest we should have doubled the order and bought twenty-two for €20.  Clearly, in her mind, when it comes to French pastries, moderation really has no place.  She maybe had a point.  I could have stood to sample a few more.

Lily, Grace and one of Lily's Guiping sisters, Emily, at "la plage de la Gravette".

 

This weekend, Antibes organized its third annual "Marché Potiers" on the Esplanade Pré des Pêcheurs.  The girls really enjoyed getting an introductory lesson on a pottery wheel.  I enjoyed the sunshine and browsing around the stalls.  I couldn't resist buying a bowl.

 

And finally, last Friday we had a fun outing.  The first, and most important, stop was to get Lily her first pair of pointe shoes.  She was thrilled.

Second stop was a French salon for haircuts for the girls.  The hairdressers were so kind to them, it made for a fun experience.  In the meantime, Barry and I were able to head down the street for a quiet coffee.

Loving the new haircuts

Rue Fourmillière

 

 

Before heading back to some schoolwork, the girls picked up a Bubble Tea, french style.  A little different than they are used to back home, but still delicious.

Wishing you all some pleasant moments in the week ahead.