Once in a Blue Moon

Some time ago, herself won first prize in a fund raising raffle at the local hospital where she does volunteer work every Friday afternoon providing moral support, tea & sympathy & various other comforts for patients in the Emergency Department, all in all a worthwhile way to spend time. The prize was a nights accommodation plus dinner & breakfast for two at this fine establishment Hotel du Vin. Unfortunately, due to stuffups & misunderstandings, we missed out. Or so we thought. The lady that organised it all asked how we enjoyed, so herself told her the sad story. "Not good," says she & got in touch with her brother, who is one of the head banana's there & suddenly, it was "Yes Cinderella, you can go to the Ball after all." We had our weekend there this weekend. It was lovely..

This picture was taken from the front deck of our cabin on a rainy Sunday morning. The high wire fenced enclosures aren't, as I initially thought, POW yards for recalcitrant petanque players, I have been reliably informed they are tennis courts.

The evening meal was wonderful. The whole megillah. Silver service, formal dress, collar & tie etc. As we didnt have a flunkie for a group shot you will have to put up with individual shots of us. Herself is the pretty one..























Thats us.. the next one is a general shot of the dining room.. Intimidating innit ? The other shot is herself looking relaxed after some very nice food & a few glasses of wine..




















Speaking of before & after shots check these two out. This is a before & after shot of the dessert sampler for two. I warn tou, the after shot isn't pretty






















Like I said, not a pretty sight. Neither is this next one.. This Herself and me nekkid in the spa pool & well, I'll leave the rest to you imagination....


Now you really didn't think that I was gonna show that do ya? And anyway, who the hell would hold the camera ?

Anyway, we stayed on for lunch on Sunday Along with the live jazz band there. A lovely way to spend a weekend it was.. Glad I didnt have to pay for it though because they charge like wounded scrub bulls. What we gnawed our way through on Saturday night would have cost $280.00 alone. The service though was awesome. And it was nice to be served by someone called Hanne or Yogi instead of the usual Sung Mae, or Egg Fu Yuong. Our every need was well catered for. Even 3 choices of water to have with your meal.

Oh yes, & there really WAS a Blue Moon too... When we walked from our cabin to the restaurant on Saturday night, I happened to look up & the moon had this beautiful blue halo around it. We stood & watched it for about 5 minutes, it was that pretty...