In December 2016, during Christmas holidays, we spent a couple of days close to Ile de Porquerolles. These are beautiful islands in the South of France. On our way there, we stopped in Saint-Tropez, which was very peaceful and quiet at this time of the year. We had lunch in one of the restaurants at the port of Saint-Tropez "Le Girelier", excellent food and delicious tarte … [Read more...]
Puff pastry Christmas tree
Last weekend we had a school Xmas party and each family was bringing a dish for a common buffet. I wanted to make something relatively simple but tasty and of course with a special Christmas decoration touch. My choice went to the puff pastry Christmas tree. It was a great fun preparing this Xmas tree with Sara and she was delighted with the end result. So was I … [Read more...]
Fête de la Châtaigne – Chestnuts Festival
On Saturday we decided to discover Fête de la Châtaigne in Cagne sur Mer. We've never been to such a chestnut festival before. For the first time this year, Sara did like hot chestnuts when she tried them couple of days before, so it was a good opportunity to have some more :) There were chestnuts everywhere: ready to taste or to buy and try later on, at home. We saw … [Read more...]
Camp Trappeur – Cannes La Bocca
We were lucky enough to go to Camp Trappeur on their last opening day this season! The weather was gorgeous and there were not too many people, just a perfect afternoon :) Camp Trappeur is pretty close to our place and there is a nice small park with picnic tables just on the other side of it, so we parked there and had a small walk. When you enter from this … [Read more...]
Chocolate eclairs
It was raining today, so we have finally found the time to try a new recipe - chocolate eclairs! Sara helped with everything and was very proud of the final result! So was I :) Not all the eclairs had perfect shapes, but they were all delicious! We have decorated some of them for the final touch. Chocolate eclairs with raspberries were my favorite; Sara preferred hers with … [Read more...]