Last day in St. Laurent en Royans

Today we stayed home to start packing up, doing laundry, cleaning... all the not-so-fun stuff that is necessary, unfortunately.  We have made ourselves right at home here for the past 3 1/2 weeks so it took a bit of time to pack and try to remove all traces of the Talstras! :-)

To take a break, we walked into town because we noticed there was a Petanque tournament going on this weekend.  They had concession stands set up and you could buy lunch or have a drink, and also buy expensive petanque balls and equipment.  Petanque is similar to boccee ball and it is a huge thing in France.... in any village during midafternoon you will find (mostly) men of all ages playing this game to pass the time,  It's a pretty big deal.

We didn't stay for too long but we watched a few kids practicing their game.  And the kids bought churros from the concession.

As it was our last night in St. Laurent, we decided to go to their local restaurant, which is also a trout hatchery.  We showed up at 6:00 pm and they told us "No, we don't serve dinner until at least 7:30 pm, please come back." No mention of opening times on their signage, I guess we're just supposed to know that dinner is always later than we are used to!  When we showed up at 8:00 pm they had a table waiting for us, and the restaurant was very busy!  We were pleasantly surprised.



The waitress was very friendly and suggested we try their local specialty:  basically whole baby trout, deep fried and salted.  They were delicious and even the kids quite liked them!  I was getting tired of them talking about how they were eating their eyeballs and intestines though.  :-)  For dinner we all had (with the exception of Rodger) Ravioli in a cream sauce, baked in a dish with smoked trout on top.  So, so good!!  I'm pretty sure it was the same local ravioli that we had been buying direct down the road. 

A very nice dinner to celebrate our time in St. Laurent en Royans.

We will especially miss the beloved Boulangerie, and will always remember watching the Euro Cup at the Sports Bar.  Goodbye St. Laurent, it has been fantastic.