Guess what!!??? On Saturday the 17th of January all my dreams came true! I got to go and watch a French bakery in action! As a Christmas present my host family asked the local bakery in Le Verger if it would be possible for me to come in one morning and watch the magic happen. Being an extremely frequent and obviously charmming customer they agreed! So I woke up at 5am that saturday morning and got ready for an extremely exciting morning. Those who are close to me know that I only give up precious sleeping time if it's something really important! (aka food) I thought that I had to make my way alone through the village but luckily Celine was amazing and gave me a lift! It was around -2 degrees outside and as a result we had to turn the engine on and what a while for the car to defrost. Every time I walk outside to a world covered in ice I get so ridiculously excited! The people at the bakery, the baker, his wife (who I already knew because she worked at the counter) and the pâtissier, were all extremely nice and welcoming. I didn't end up helping very much because they all worked very hard and fast. Instead I very happily wandered around taking photos, tasting things and asking questions. At one stage we were talking about Darwin and all three of them were stating how they wished they lived in Australia. Then I told them the average temperature for darwin was around 30 degrees and they all decided Le Verger wasn't so bad a after all. It was pretty funny! However they wouldn't mind a pool!
I had an absolutely amazing morning and couldn't have asked for a ore fantastic Christmas present! I had so much fun watching and chatting to the locally people that worked there! I walked home he happiest girl in the world!! Everything was still frozen and I took a few photos in the daylight which I think really capture how beautiful it looked!
Georgina this looks absolutely amazing! Darwin needs a French bakery like this and if they won't come and live here then I think you need to be the girl to open it! How can you still look so skinny in the mirror shot at the beginning when you are surrounded by all that deliciousness. Live it up while it lasts babes!
Happy Australia day (for the day of your post), can't wait to have you back home. love Mum
This looks soooo amazing, what an awesome opportunity you lucky duck! You'll have to share some of the expertise you learned there, no one does pastries like the French.
Can't wait to see you,
Love,
Becky