23 November 2017

Montrésor (nº 1)

Montrésor is a village (pop. 350) located about 20 kilometers southwest of Saint-Aignan. That's 12 or 15 miles. And Montrésor is one of the 154 Plus Beaux Villages de France, according to the association that keeps the list. The village grew up around a château-fort (a medieval forteresse) first built in the 11th century.

2012

Over the next few days and weeks, I'm going to post a few photos of Montrésor scenes that I've taken since we moved here in 2003. One at a time. I stumbled upon these a few days ago. You can click on them to enlarge the image and see more detail.

And by the way, Happy Thanksgiving. Today is not a holiday here in France, but we have our own little celebration. We'll be cooking our usual late-November gigot d'agneau (leg of lamb), which we'll have with escargots de Bourgogne in garlic-parsley butter as a first course, and then haricots blancs from our 2017 vegetable garden and some choux de Bruxelles that I bought at the supermarket as side dishes. We save the meal of roast turkey or other fowl for Christmastime. Oh, and we are quand même having pumpkin pie for dessert today.

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  1. Happy Thanksgiving to you both! And enjoy the gigot d'agneau.

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    1. It's almost ready. And all the rest. Hope you have a happy Thanksgiving.

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    2. Bonne Fête de Merci Donnant à vous tous .
      http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/22/opinion/22iht-edbuch.html?

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    3. Merci Cousine. What is the date of the Thanksgiving Day in Canada?

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  2. Beautiful town. Looking forward to more pictures.

    Cannot go wrong with pumpkin pie. Don't forget the crème fouettée. Goes good on pecan pie too.

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    1. Pumpkin pie is cooked. Crème fraîche is our plan.

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  3. You might remember that Montresor was the village where we stayed the night we had dinner with you and Walt last year. It's a beautiful place. And Happy Thanksgiving to the 2 of you.

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  4. Happy Thanksgiving! I loved our visit to Montresor, so I'm looking forward to your photos.

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  5. Bonjour Cousin,
    Second Monday in October - this year it was on October 9th.

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  6. Family is off at a soccer tournament, so we're having Dungeness crab and pumpkin pie.
    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  7. Hello from Idaho stop in from Andrew, what a lovely little village. If you have time stop in for some coffee

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  8. Your menu sounds very good. Enjoy.
    And thanks to The Beaver for the Art Buchwald column -- I hadn't seen that in years. Hilarious.
    Here's another Thanksgiving tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM

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