Just before Pascale and Yves visited Boston, I had read Susan Vreeland's
Luncheon of the Boating Party. It is a historical novel about Renoir and his painting by the same title. As an avowed "Francophile", it had certainly captured my imagination! While it gets mixed reviews by Amazon readers, I loved the story of the people in this famous painting. So you can imagine my delight when I realized that the restaurant where it was painted is still in operation! I DEFINITELY wanted to visit the Restaurant Fournaise! Luckily it is probably not five minutes from Pascale and Yves' home!
Before we went to lunch, Pascale and I took a good walk through the wonderful park near their home. We were joined by many runners and walkers. In this park thirteen French Resistance workers were shot, and there is a memorial to them. There is also an American cemetery there as well.
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| Pascale and Olivier |
Our reservation was for 1:30; three of Pascale and Yves' friends were coming as well, including Olivier and Anna whom I had met on Friday night. Once again the weather was VERY co-operative! We selected an outside table near the river, and the whole event-food, company, ambiance-DEFINITELY met my expectations! I had a wonderful veloute (sort of a cream topping) pumpkin soup garnished with purple potato chips and bacon to start. This was followed by lamb shank with carrots and tasty chocolate dessert! Of course, we had a nice white wine and French bread to add to this "channeling of Renoir"!~
THANK YOU, Pascale and Yves!!!really nothing of great interest to this group!
And so another trip comes to an end....I certainly have
many wonderful memories of everyone I saw and everything I did....Many thanks to each of you who helped to make this a truly memorable journey!
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