We had a crisis this week. We ran out of gin. For one reason or another we ran dry and it is not easy or cheap in France to get decent brands. CDiscount came to our rescue. Tonight we are eating Moules Frites at friends. His wife is preparing them and then she will spend the rest of the meal telling us how she bought and prepared them. I have been out to buy dessert as I promised so that will be a Paris-Brest cake that I ordered from the best Patissier in town. Brittany is heaving with people who are here for their holidays. I am pleased to see them, but it tales three times as long to go anywhere and parking is a nightmare.