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| The campsite Rose. |
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| At last we're in Pineau terroir |
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| Rouget |
Had a hilarious interchange yesterday with the wine seller at the market in Teste. I asked him to recommend a red wine for drinking "ce soir".
"What will you be eating?"
"Poisson."
I thought he was going to call the police.
"Jamais, jamais, jamais. Jamais red with fish. Jamais."
Of course I knew all this, but had neither the lingo nor the inclination to explain that many decades ago I had given up any interest in matching food with wine (except for oysters, funnily enough).
Therefore, I lied.
"Sorry, I meant "canard"!"
"Ah! Canard, monsieur!" he said unctuously.
And so he pointed me in the direction of this bottle.
Result.
Early morning drumming session:
Up at 6.50am and down to the cliff top to practise the old Caixa.
A really enjoyable 70 minutes playing while looking out over the ocean below.
Then back to the market at La Teste de Buch:
Spent much of the day thinking about what I'm going to do with all this reading of and around Sartre's philosophical novel, Nausea. Actually, put pen to paper - well, fingers to keyboard.
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| And bought tonight's dinner. |
Then some speed practice on the old drum pad whilst listening to a metronome and watching paragliders drift by the front of the cabin:
Currently listening to:
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| Scientist |
Currently reading:
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| Chaim Potok |
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| Chaim Potok was also a painter; but not a great one. |
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| Unlike Marc Chagall, who was a great painter. |
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| A soothing presence. |
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