We had the pleasure being visited by Johannes Geworkian Hellman, our 'hurdy gurdy' ('vielle'/'vevlira')-playing friend from Sweden (the 14th and 15th of April).My mother-in-law and I met him at Châteauroux train station at 6 pm and from their we drove him to La Châtre, passing by Maison de George Sand à Nohant and Château d'Ars.
The latter not least interesting since Johannes for a long time has nourished a dream to visit Rencontres Internationales des Luthiers et Maîtres Sonneurs, the last three years being held in Château d'Ars, earlier St Chartier.
When coming to La Châtre we helped Johannes install himself in one of my mother-in-laws chambre d'hôtes (B&B:s) and thereafter we guided him very quickly throw the town, ending the day by dining at the restaurant L'Estaminet.
When entering the restaurant, our family doctor (Aurore's and mine) was there with his Swedish wife and friends. This was probably the first time that L'Estaminet was visited by three Swedes at the same time, including a fluently Swedish-speaking French woman (Aurore) and a not so fluently Swedish-speaking French man (our doctor).
"This is not good for our statistics!" the owners said, jokingly.
Our doctor treated us the apèritif, kindly enough!
A nice evening before we went home to us, Aurore and I and Johannes to his apartment.
Above we can see the interior of L'Estaminet and below, Johannes the day after when eating his breakfast with us. To be continued...
(Photo L'Estaminet taken from: http://tellmewhere.us/media/f/83AC4044-CAA4-4F9E-BB14-67EA69F721E0.jpeg)
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