Lamastre 20th Jan 2020

Monday, 20th January 2020

We went into part of Valance, as that is where the Orange shop is that we have found that are very helpful to us. We need more data for the Wifi box and we get what we need. I also buy an unbrella which has a picture of Roses on the inside.
We decide to do a bit of a grocery shop while we are in the shopping complex.

Tuesday, 21st January 2020

This morning I got up and looked out the window, and I was met with the most wonderful sight. It has snowed overnight, and there was a light dusting of snow on the ground and on teh trees. It was so pretty, and seemed so peaceful. I let out the Wow, and went back to bed, and Bob asked me what the wow was all about, but he already knew, as I told him it has snowed, he said he had figured that out when I let out the Wow. Not long after that, he was out and looking at the snow fall. The temp is 0.9 degrees, but it is not the coolest morning we have experienced here.
A bit later on, we go into the town, and wander through the markets,

Wednesday, 22nd January 2020

Not much done today

Thursday, 23rd January 2020

Today we went into town to get some supplies for cooking, as Bob has decided that we should do some thing for Australia day. So the obvious choice is Lamingtons and Pavlova. Now, all we need to do is find the right recipe, and the ingredients, and all should be good. With the help of google translate, we find the required ingredients that we need, but it does take a little longer than it would if I was shopping in Woolworths, but where is the challenge in that. Anyhow, we are sure we have gotten all that we need, and we did cheat a little bit, as we bought a packet cake for the cake base for the Lamingtons, and Bob is going to cook them.

Friday, 24th January 2020

I have taken the eggs out of the fridge so that they are at room temperature for my pavlova I am going to be making tomorrow.

Saturday, 25th January 2020

Cooking day for Bob, he is busy cooking his cake for the lamingtons, and is following the directions on the box. He gets the cake in the oven and we wait for it to cook. After some time, it is done, and now  we have to wait for it to cool down so that Bob can cut it up and he gets busy making the chocolate icing, and the coconut is in the dish ready to coat the icing. Bob consults with me on a couple of things, but he has done it all himself. The end result is looking very good, but the proof will be in the tasting tomorrow. He does the right thing and clean up the kitchen after he is finished.
I go into the kitchen in the afternoon to start to cook the process of cooking the pav, and I discovered that in Bobs tidying of the kitchen, the eggs have been put back into the fridge. Oh well, I will have to cook tomorrow.

Sunday, 26th January 2020

Australia Day
Cooking day for me, I don't remember cooking a pavlova from scratch, not  a soft one anyhow. So how bad can it turn out. Thankfully everything we need is here, and I get what looks like a pav into the oven. After a couple of hours, I turn the oven off, and let the oven cool before I take the pav out, as directed by the reciepe on the internet.
When the pavlova is cool enough, I fill it iwth cream and a variety of fruit. It looks good. So Bob and I have Lamingtons and Pavlova for dinner. The Lamingtons were the best I have had for a very long time.
Happy Australia Day.