Friday, June 21, 2013

Celebration


When I bought this apartment last year, I signed papers at the notary on my birthday and then took myself out to lunch at a local restaurant to celebrate.  This week, to celebrate both events, I left town.  At one point I thought I would make that local restaurant a yearly tradition, but after considering that for a few seconds, I realized that whereas the restaurant is good, it isn’t wonderful.

So I took the train to France -- to Perpignan to have lunch at my favorite restaurant there -- Al Très.  In addition to lunch, I went shopping.  I had a good time looking, and even tried on a pair of secondhand Armani pants, but they looked really awful and in the end, I didn’t feel compelled to buy anything. 

This was just as well because the next day I had to pay an unexpected vet bill.  Felix has not been his usual rambunctious self lately and I was worried.  Biopsy results of the enlarged gland behind his leg suggested no cause for it, and exploring his insides with a sonogram came up with no culprit for what I thought might be difficulty in urinating.  So with no diagnosis, Felix came home full of cortisone and antibiotics.  The vet says it’s often difficult to diagnose cats or to say if a cat is ill or simply in bad humor, so I’m hoping for the latter.   After all, from his point of view, moving from a house with garden where he could go out and roam the neighborhood all day to a small apartment where he is constantly being held prisoner is nothing to celebrate.
 
Just a few steps from the train station
and you can see you're in France
 
View from my terrace seat as I
sipped my cafe au lait and nibbled
a croissant
 

Some buildings look like they could be in Catalunya.
But hey! This used to be Catalunya.
 
It's not all fancy shmancy
 
At lunch


The mussels were to die for.

 
Sweeter than any dessert
 

6 comments:

  1. Never got a chance to wish you a Happy Birthday, Dvora.
    Love,
    Eli

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  2. Congratulations Dvora ... and I do hope Felix is alright.

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    1. He's looking a little more spunky today, so I hope whatever it was is being cured with all the meds. Thanks!

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  3. Happy birthday week Dvora.

    Glad Felix appears on the mend.

    You should freelance for the Perpignan tourist office.

    J

    P.S. Were there other diners at Al Très?

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    1. Yes, there were other diners. Some were outside on what they called the terrace but of course it's only a tiny, narrow street and I didn't want to sit there and be run over by pedestrians. There were a few others indoors, but they sat me alone in the back. I still haven't figured out if that was good or bad.
      By the way, La Table, next door was open.

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