France - Sadillac

22-Mar-2015

A pretty weird feeling driving to 'Sadillac' after almost 10 years since we were last there.

Ollie had just turned three(even managed French school for a week to keep the roll numbers up - they needed one more student to keep their teacher) and Jarvis 18months(just started to walk) when we stayed last in 2005. This is when we were still co-owners with Lynne and Bryan , but have since sold our share to them. 

Chalmazel-Duras 4:55hr

Lynne and Bryan and their three children Zenya, Sebastyn and Devlyn now live at Sadillac permanently.

They have made an incredible transformation of what was once a very basic farmhouse(with no bathroom - had managed to install one by our 2005 visit), into a gorgeous and enormous house. The house is full off character difficult to capture in photographs, the views over the new pool outwards the fields are so tranquil.

 

Pool and view(fields waiting to be planted)

 

We had the pleasure of two nights in the renovated cottage(once the outhouse pit), while the boys sleep in the main house. It was great to see the boys all get along , some welcomed 'child' company for our boys. As was the adult company, very welcomed! It was fabulous to see Lynne and Bryan again and to enjoy their hospitality in such a wonderful and nostalgic atmosphere. Adriana and Jocelyn, neighbours whom we had previously known, came for dinner the first night - a great catch up. For a starter Lynne and Bryan served up three types of pork sausages they had made . Fully immersed into the 'French' way they had processed a whole pig. A little difficult for me to stomach(especially the blood sausage comprised of mostly blood and some apple) - not eating red meat and all - I gave it a go , all of it was very  good.  The boys now have a new dinner favourite, tuna pasta.

 

  

Bryan turning part of the 'pig' in the salt (to be hung later).

 

Lynne took we for a quick whizz up to the Monday 'Duras' (town in the SW of France , Lot-et-Garonne department, region Aquitaine) market - old time sakes. The market was a little quiet out of summer time but still bought back a flood of memories. Gone was the 'Shoppie', replaced by a Carrefour Market located a little further away, little else seemed to have changed.



Duras chateaux and town.