No – I am not joking !!
Off we went on sunday afternoon to the meal at our salle de fete after much nagging by our neighbour, we weren’t sure but thought that it would be good for our french and mixing with our other neighbours.
Now, just when I thought it was not the right time of year to go to Ikea I have decided that it is the perfect time, next time they have a shindig like this I’ll let you know and you can pass the afternoon at Ikea in peace. All 359 inhabitants of our commune where there, every single one of them and therefore Ikea was empty.
We were summoned to arrive at midicannes and duly did so, realising when we arrived that the meal would not start until at least one as it would take at least three quarters of an hour to kiss everyone, and it did. The background music was good, it was the band that plays on bastille day in Jouet.
Eventually things settled down and the aperitifs arrived, 4 glasses of kir for all, then a salmon quiche with salad and then quaille with cabbage and potatoes, all very nice.
Then the music started again, well what can I say, my way in french ? ever heard it ??
But, to give credit every one got up and danced, Mr stripy shirt and his wife and Mr mauve shirt with his two wives, one matching and one not, proved to be the most entertaining of the afternoon. Really not to be missed was their viennese waltz which they managed to make fit to most dance beats, they also did quite a good chachachacha.
Any lull in the dancing resulted in the band groupies starting the line dancing, which I must admit got somewhat boring after a while as they seemed to only know one version, but hey, who am I to criticise, we only had one dance, some clingy hold on for dear life type number to save Petes knee.
After cheese and salad and then apple bombs with ice cream we had coffee with digestives and then a raffle. I suppose that it must be something like and english afternoon tea dance without the tea !
The band were good, they were good on bastille day and they were good for the no-cup-of-tea dance, pete sang angels with the lead guitarist so he was well chuffed. We then went home as it was definitely too late to go to Ikea.
I’d post a photo but they are all on my mobile and I don’t know how to get them on to the pc !!
