Puyloubier - more mundane "living" stuff

Our house is marked with the arrow

Puyloubier (week 7)

We are settling into a routine, which will be totally disrupted when school starts in a week, but that can be the subject of a future blog post, I suppose.  We are still going on excursions, bt generally one beach day and one or two long excursions (>1hr drive) per week.  It's pretty much pointless to go to a small town on Monday because most things are closed (even at the peak of tourist season!).  So we spend more time in Puyloubier and environs than elsewhere.  So here are some more things from around the town.

Pizza is supplied by Coco Pizza, located in truck that would not look out of place on a Canadian street (except that it would be selling poutine and hot dogs in Canada).  The pizza is pretty good - certainly it is better pizza than many places we've tried (although they don't have a duck topping).

The patisserie we frequent the most is called "Festival des Pains", and they have excellent bread and croissants.  Andrew has adopted the French way of just eating such things plain.  David will eat the bread sometimes as well, although he still prefers "sandwich-style" for his sandwiches.  We often get desserts and quiches from there as well.

The weather has been warm all of the time, the lowest afternoon temperature I've seen was 26C.  However, the wind can blow quite cold.  Also, it's a "dry heat" so as long as you aren't walking around in the full sun (which we do a lot on our excursions), it's not too bad.  We have an air conditioner in the TV room, which is on the top floor with a large south-facing window, so it's welcome in there.  For most of the other rooms, keeping the shutters closed is effective.

The house is a townhouse, 3 levels.  The first floor is the sejours, in our case a kitchen/dining area.  The second floor contains two bedrooms and an in-between room that is set up like an office.  The top floor is the TV room, with French doors opening onto a patio (the patio is shared with the house next door, owned by the same people).  There are two bathrooms (1st and 2nd floors) and a big storage area underneath that is only accessible through an outside door.