Italy in St Maxime

Today was Mark's last day in his home before he rents it out for the summer. He is moving a few miles away to a family home in Sanary sur Mere but will be travelling back several times each week to give lessons and make sure his renters are happy! Obviously this meant leaving his wife, Michelle, to do the last of the packing so we met up in the Wafoo for coffee.
Whist we were drinking lots of old Classic Italian cars passed with their flags flowing and their horns blowing! It was Italian week in St Maxime! This means, of course, lots of tents on the promenade selling cheeses, meats and other Italian products. There was also a display of old Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Mazeratti and Fiat cars. The strange thing was they came, juding from their number plates, from anywhere but Italy. There were french. Dutch and German cars but no Italian!!

I bought some Porchetta, which I first tried in Italy but have never found of the same quality since. Let's hope that the piece I have bought lives up to my expectations!

Mr. L. 4/6/2011

Pool Beach Pampellon St Tropez

My wife's niece has always wanted to get married, on the beach, in the South of France and her dream is coming true!

After a marriage ceremony in Old Grimaud Marie and a blessing in the old church the party will be at Pool Beach restaurant, shown above.

We thought we should try it first to see if it was up to standard.

The dining area is right next to Neptune beach ( naturalist) so I hope the older guests are not offended by the sight of old German couples in the nude!

We were very surprised by the quality of the food and the chef was of the highest calibre.

Near the dining area is a bar and small pool with sunbathing area and the restaurant seems to be frequented by quite a young crowd. Mind you most people look young when you are semi retired!

Would recommend this restaurant for its food and fun.


Mr.L. 30/5/2011


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25th February and Mothers Day

Well it has been a while since I wrote anything up and we have been pretty busy.

I spent 10 days in UK at the Farmhouse and Gaynor joined me for 5 days.

This gave us a chance to catch up with family and friends.

The Farm House was lovely with all the birds in the garden ( after Gaynor attracted them with lots of feed) and it was really peaceful now that the staff have moved out.

WE got back last Friday and I immediately got back to trying to improve my golf ( the Holy Grail).

On Sunday it was Mothers Day so went to the beach for lunch at it was about 25 degrees C. It was lovely and Micha came home exhausted after playing with kids on the beach for hours!

St Tropez

A few days ago when we were walking in St Tropez we saw a restaurant with Buddahs etc in the window and decided it was probably a new Indian restaurant. On Saturday night we booked and on arrival realised that this was the back door and the entrance was on the street behind. We went to the front of the Pan Dei and discovered it was actually a hotel!

The hotel is small but with a magnificent centre courtyard with loungers , outside beds ( as per Niki Beach) and was actually a Boutique hotel with 10 rooms.

The food was a mixture of Thai/ Fusion and was really good.

The staff were indeed numerous and the service was excellent. I calculated that with all the rooms full the staff would still outnumber the guests!

I checked the hotel rates and it was about €500 euros a night in high season for a double room.

Would recommend for somebody who wanted to stay in the heart of St Tropez

Golf Day

Today I played as erratically as usual but the sun was shining and Mark was as patient as ever.