...and Another!

At the moment the Lot is alive with concerts, exhibitions and events.  Monday evening, we went with our neighbours John and Lesley to a concert given as part of the annual Cello Festival of Bélaye.

This is now in its 31st year and attracts top class musicians.  The concert was held in a small church at a small town on the river Lot but we were surprised when we arrived to find that the church was out in the country, isolated in a sea of vines! But, even though the church was seemingly in the 'back of beyond', the approach roads were lined with cars and a crowd was surrounding the church waiting for the doors to be opened.  Fortunately we had numbered seats … well, actually pews which were as hard as charity!
The church was packed and there must have been between 200 to 250 people there!  And what music!  As we have found in previous concerts, the performers are all top quality.

In the middle of all of this culture we managed to fit in an afternoon with some good friends who had organised an afternoon demonstration of the making of 'Momos'.  These are small parcels of meat or vegetables (a bit like Dim sum) that are a speciality party food of Nepal.  The niece of our friends helps an educational charity in Nepal and this was part of the fund raising efforts.

We didn't need to eat that evening …  or drink, as the Momos were washed down with old Martinique rum!