A birthday meal

Happy birthday AJ. Notwithstanding the fact that we all felt a little fragile after last night and I had no recollection of some of the things we did, we started laughing over breakfast. AJ was in really good form and Jan had tears running down her face. The inability to remember things worries me a bit but I suppose it's a sign of a 'good' night! (More a sign that you can't take it any more - Ed.)

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At lunch time we headed out for a special birthday boy meal at Le Forneau in nearby Aigremont. They opened especially for us and Laure, the chef, did us proud. Given that we had some serious eaters around the table, the quality and balance of the menu together with the wine was a resounding success. Phew! If a bunch of people fly to France specifically for lunch, then it has to be right. 5 hours later, we waddled back home.

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The rest of the evening was spent playing Balderdash and Trivial Pursuit. If you've never played Balderdash I recommend to you. We have never found anybody who doesn't like it. TP was a return match, women against men (evidently we played it last night but I slept through most of it) and the ladies won again. We did try, honest.