I wrote the blog entry before dinner, before getting to know the owners, and before the night spent in the yurts... and all three are worthy of comment.
First, dinner. Best we've had on the trip so far (and we have in general eaten well). A salad of beans and other garden vegetables that had just been picked, followed by lamb slow-cooked for four hours in the oven with "Oreilles d'Ane" -- pasta with cheese and spinach -- and finishing with apricots cooked with thyme and honey. The lamb in particular was heavenly. And as a further indication of how good the meal was, I'll point out that I don't normally like beans much, spinach at all, or apricots except as jam... and here I loved all three.
Second, the owners. Charming, engaging, helpful, he with a fine sense of humour, she with her genius for cooking... it was a pleasure to talk with them.
Third, the night in the yurt. Thomas Bily said he had never slept as well, and while I wouldn't go quite as far, they were very romantic (although for us this night only theoretically, of course, given that there was a notable lack of female company :-), with candlelight and spectacular views out over the vast valley to the mountains on the other side.
Definitely a place to go back to... and soon!!!
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