It could only happen in France

Bonsoir Sharon and David,

This, we think, could only happen to us in France.....

We went to the market on Wednesday as there is a wonderful apple stall that sells apples that the supermarkets have never heard of and would reject on 'lack of size conformity'... but 5 euros gets 5kgs of 'pick and mix.

Anyway - before we bought the apples - bearing in mind age and infirmity and 5kgs of apples to carry is heavy - we went to the bank to get some cash to buy more wood for chauffage, then walked back through 'death alley' the locals pick and mix of large and healthy rabbits, chickens, ducks, eggs, walnuts etc. and my sister spotted two lovely muscovy ducks to the left and to the right my sister spotted 2 puppies in a crate with mummy tied to the towbar and drooling at rabbits inches away.

I think the Americans call it 'serendipidy' - we dont normally walk through that bit of the market, we never have ample cash on us, we would never ever buy a puppy like that but we did! We managed the 5kgs of apples but the wood has to wait a while.

Puppy is an absolute superstar - always asks to go out, sits on command and is a lovely black and white Breton Spaniel. And being France, is tattooed and registered, and also wormed, first injection and has so obviously been love and handled and our labrador adores him

I cannot ever imagine buying a puppy in the market like that in UK - rescue/fostered - yes - but out of the back of a car? in a market? NO - never not us.

Strange the ways that one does things differently in France - Vive la difference!.

Linda.

Buying a renovation project in France can be exciting and Linda is enjoying owning a house in deepest Lower Normandy, she seem to be enjoying herself perhaps too much but we hope the addition to the clan works out well.