August 7th, 2011 §
Ile de Ré
Here are some more photos from the beautiful island Ile de Ré, Atlantics St Tropez but with a more laid-back charm :-) A typical day on the island starts with a breakfast with fresh baked bread from the closest boulangerie, then you take a bike to the beach to stroll along the beautiful seaside or to swim in the ocean with turquoise coloured water…if you’re not up to going to the beach just stroll around on the island and watch the houses and their colorful doors with beautiful patina. For lunch and dinner you enjoy the typical food on the island…SEAFOOD! Take a glass of pastis before the delicious langoustines, prawns, different kind of fish or what the local fisherman have got to offer In the late evening take your car to drive along the island while watching the sunset….that’s what I call quality of life :-)
Here you can read and see more photos from my vaccation on the island of Rhé: Ile de Ré, La Poissonnerie, Ice cream at l’Atélier, Barbeque in the garden, Master Blaster, Taxi Brousse, La Martinière, Barbeque in the garden x2 and Specialities from the island of Rhé.
Ile de Ré
Ile de Ré
Ile de Ré
August 3rd, 2011 §
Crystalized violets and rose petals
I love crystalized violets and while we were strolling around in the markets I found crystalized rose petals. It was the first time I tasted the crystalized rose petals and I loved it, so I brought back a bag with a mix of crystalized rose petals and violets. We also bought sea salt flakes that is one of the main local speciality from the isle.
Salt from Ile de Ré
July 31st, 2011 §
Ile de Ré
Yet another barbeque in the garden by mr L’s father. He had made his home-made mayonnaise (very delicious!) and he served it aside shrimps and langoustines that we had as starter. The maincourse was sole fish that he barbequed and that we had with potatoes and his home-made sauce…I enjoyed everything to the fullest and I’m sure that if mr L’s father was a chef on a restaurant the restaurant would have been packed every single day, that is how delicious his food is :-)
Ile de Ré
Ile de Ré
Ile de Ré
July 30th, 2011 §
La Martinière
Having banana flambe ice cream from the local ice cream factory La Martiniére at Ile de Ré.
La Martinière
July 29th, 2011 §
@ Le Taxi Brousse
The restaurant where we had the birthday dinner is named Le Taxi Brousse (the Jungle Taxi) and situated in the north of the island of Ré. The open-air restaurant with a private pool and sand dunes with tables and chairs in wood had a very cosy atmosphere and I really liked it. We had mussles and shrimp and avacado salad as starter (the mussles were to die for!) and me I had cod fish as main course. They had many different desserts and I chose fried peaches with cinnamon and vanilla ice cream and it turned out to be a delicate choice. I’ve never tried the combination of peaches and cinnamon but it’s a winning combination and I’ll definately try to do this dessert at home ;-)
Le Taxi Brousse, 20 rue des Anneries, La Couarde (Ile de Ré)+5 4629 9033
Le Taxi Brousse
Le Taxi Brousse
Le Taxi Brousse
Le Taxi Brousse
Le Taxi Brousse
July 27th, 2011 §
Beautiful sunset
On our way to mr L’s birthday dinner on a restaurant I snapped some photos on the beautiful sunset. While driving from the south of the island to the north where the restaurant was we enjoyed the beautiful landscapes of the island while listening to Stevie Wonders album “The Definite Collection”.
Beautiful sunset
Beautiful sunset
Beautiful sunset
July 26th, 2011 §
Having delicious Sole fish at La Poissonnerie on l'île de Ré
The first day I arrived to l’île de Ré mr L’s dad took us to a restaurant just next to the harbour at La Flotte (an area on the island of Rhé) called La Poissonnerie. He knew since last time I was there that I love fish and seafood and at this restaurant the serve fresh and newly caught fish, the finest you can find. I had a delicious Sole fish with mashed potatoes on the side and a slice of lemon and butter.
Restaurant La Poissonnerie, 4 Quai de sénac, Tél: 05 46 09 04 14
July 20th, 2011 §
Ile de Ré
Now I’m at Ile de Ré (the isle of Rhé). I’ve been here one time before and it’s a very beautiful island. It’s situated on the west coast of France, it takes 3 hours by train to go there from Paris and they have almost the same amount of hours of sunshine as in south of France. It’s a real paradise out here and if you visit France you should definately go here for a weekend ;-)
Ile de Ré
Ile de Ré
