Watercolor workshop with Sandy Delehanty in France
Our new group has arrived safely yesterday. Sandy Delehanty, the waterocolorist from Sacramento-California (see her site at www.sandydelehanty.com) is here with her group of 6 students, all with different skill levels.
For the first dinner, our chef Valerie, see more about her on our web site at www.frenchescapade.com, has prepared a buffet. The cheese board always comes after dinner in France. On the picture below, you can see Valerie teaching everyone how to cut the cheese. Oups, sorry, I should say how to slice the cheese. Our guests always laugh at us when we tell them we are going to teach them how to cut the cheese, so we now try to say “slice the cheese”.
Shelley is taking note about everything Valerie is saying about food like wine pairing, the origin of each cheese and the demonstration of the slicing. Tomorrow night, Shelley will be the one slicing the cheese for everyone.
My name is Jackie Grandchamps. In 2003, I founded French Escapade, offering another way to travel in small groups of 8. "Don't be a tourist, be our guest" is the moto and spirit of my company.
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Through this blog, I will provide information about France, Belgium, California, (soon Italy) but also some stories from my guests on the tours.
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