Le Bas du Gast
Travel Blogs from Laval
Final assault - spring rolls and design terror!
... he took pity on us and gave us two recipes to work with! design and innovation - not my forte! The finished effect isnt too bad, even though I say it myself, but I was sweating blood! We had to line the moulds with cling film and then put biscuit base in bottom, level, 1/8th inch, no crumbs at side, and boy wonder decided he wanted to know how to make scrambled egg - so buggered off to do that leaving me with 5 moulds (1 each and one spare for a reject) and ...
Liver parfait, cheesemaking and bloody quenelles!
Finally got WIFI today - so very behind with blog!
Starter and main course for our team today
chicken liver and foie gras parfait was absolutely gorgeous
off to farm to watch butter, cheese making this pm - men wimped out of tasting most things
Back for dinner prep - could NOT get the parfait shaped using 2 spoons - mine looked like a dog ****!
Wont be making those again! will def make the parfait though
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Avant Partir
... than picton) can put on such a world class display! it was AH-MAZING! I also had great fun playing hide and seek with the 100's of frogs that live in and around the little lake that's there.
Last saturday night, I had a fun party at Laure's house. She told me it was a dress up party, and as I didn't have anything to dress up in she leant me a costume.. I was a cowboy- and resembled teddy from ...
Excursion to La Loire!
... of greenery, a true rustic charm but with all amenities. Went to the monastery/Abbey at Asnieres-sur-verge to listen to a chanting of The Holy Bible by the monks. Good experience. After some very good lunch went to see the Chateau of Plessis-Bourre.
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Ouah! Je suis en France!
Finally made it through to Chateaubourg, Brittany!
It was such an exciting moment to pull up to my friends house and have 3 of my best french mates (Laure, Camille and Leah) to come out to meet me! They haven't changed one bit, and I still can't believe that it has been over 3 years since I have seen them!
I spent the afternoon just chilling out with them at Leah's house before we headed off to maccas as the girls were hungover from Friday night... ...
Other places to stay in Laval
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BEST WESTERN Hotel De Paris
22 Rue De La Paix, Laval | Hotelfrom $76 -
Campanile Laval
Route de Fougères, Laval | 3 star hotelfrom $63 -
Kyriad Laval
Boulevard des Trappistines, Laval | Hotelfrom $76 -
L'Imperial Hotel
61 avenue Robert Buron, Laval | Hotel -
Marin'Hotel
102, avenue Robert Buron, Laval | Hotel -
Hotel Du Centre
8, Avenue Robert Buron, Laval | 2 star hotelfrom $78
