Even tiny villages have their war memorials and at the remembrance ceremony the mayor reads out the official presidential message.
Today we went to the ceremony at Molières because a friend had been asked to sing at the end of the village ceremony and had asked Trevor to accompany her on the accordian. It went very well and I for one am glad its over because I really didn't like the tune, a military march, which of course Trevor has been practising constantly. Why is it that the tunes you don't like so quickly become "ear worms"?
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The village schoolchildren released red white and blue balloons, one for each of the lost soldiers whose names were read out.
Afterwards we had lunch at Edwige and Alain's with two more of their friends so an intense French speaking day all round. We may well have been Edwige and Alain's neighbours as we seriously considered a house next door to theirs when we were househunting but we decided that although the countryside of that part of Tarn et Garonne is lovely, lots of fruit orchards and vines, we do prefer it over here. It does make for a very pleasant drive though - especially on a beautiful Autumn morning like this morning.
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