Sunday 11th September - Macon

We had decided to go out for Sunday lunch (comme les Francaises!) and tried to book a table at Le Poisson d'Or which was rated highly and looked good but alas......it was fully booked, so we were on a mission to find somewhere else.  We walked around for almost half an hour, getting hot and thirsty and finally came across La Maisonette des Vins - a fine old building which did wine tastings and had a large restaurant and terrace.  Unfortunately the only table on the terrace was in full sun so we were shown to a table in the spacious restaurant.  We asked for beer to slake our thirsts but as it was a wine house none was available - two carafes of water had to suffice!  The food was very good and of course, the wine too!  We walked back the quick way along the river bank with the idea of having a coffee and Armagnac in the small cafe near the marina but as no Armagnac or Cognac was available, Skip just had a quick coffee, then we repaired to Aphrodites' back deck and availed ourselves of our fairly extensive bar!  Some time after 3.30 a very small but beautiful cruiser arrived and tied up behind us.  Matt, an Englishman with fluent Dutch (he'd lived in Holland for ten years) and Hilda, his 30 year old Dutch partner started chatting so we invited them over for a drink.  A very lively and interesting couple - the hours flew by.....drinking, chatting and laughing a lot!  Hunger got the best of them around 9 p.m. and they went off to find a meal.  A very enjoyable evening!