Villefranche sur mer - Fall 2025 - 4

Dear Friends,

Today it is raining and cool, an all around crappy day.  We had a three hour french lesson this morning as we do four mornings a week, with homework each day.  We had a great lesson learning about such things as "until" when preceded by a negative statement compared to "until" when preceded by a positive statement.  Trump will not stop until the people stand up to him (Trump va s'arrêter pas avant que les gens lui tiennent tête.)  Trump will continue saying crazy things until he can no longer talk. (Trump va continuer à dire des choses insensées jusqu'à ce qu'il puisse plus parler.)  You can see the one that starts with the negative phrase uses avant que for until and the other uses jusqu'à ce que.  In both cases the until phrase uses the subjunctive.

While having that grammar rule reinforced in us was fun, it was not the highlight of the day.  The highlight was having lunch with friends, Melinda and Jean Paul at La Table de la Réserve in Beaulieu.  La Table de la Réserve is a small chic bistro that is part of La Réserve de Beaulieu, a really fancy and very expensive hotel.  It has an extreme gourmet restaurant, La Restaurant des Rois (the restaurant of the kings), a place fit for Trump.  

By comparison here is La Table de la Réserve where we had lunch.

The chefs use La Table de la Réserve to try out new and exciting recipes and combinations.  Those of us that have lunch there get incredible food, creatively presented at a fantastic price.

At both restaurants you can order from an à la carte menu or a special menu where you get several courses.  Here is the special menu for La Table de la Réserve for this week.  The cost for this menu is 28 euros.

The menus for La Restaurant des Rois range in price from 195 euros to 295 euros.   I am afraid that we will never see the inside of La Restaurant des Rois, much less eat there.

Tonight we are having penne pasta with tomato sauce and sauté zucchinis, onions and tomatoes with a 10 euro bottle of wine and followed by a piece of chocolate.

Thanks for reading and please comment,

The Unabashed Liberal