Breakfast

Much as I love France and try to adopt French ways, I am not a fan of the continental breakfast. Eggs and bacon work better for me and I like my morning coffee strong and black. Lardons (thick chunks of streaky bacon) fry up nicely with a mushroom or two; then add a couple of the tasty local eggs and you have a meal to start the day.

It was really freezing cold last night. The car refused to start today at 10 a.m., unsurprisingly as there was ice on the path next to it. Half an hour's sun revived the battery, but trouble could lie ahead.