A Day At Grez-Sur-Loing

Brian Whittingham

Grez-Sur-Loing is situated about 1 hour south of Paris. I was fortunate enough to have been awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson writing fellowship with which I was staying at the Hotel Chevillon, now run with Swedish, Finnish and Scottish interests. I was working on writing a screenplay and having spent a couple of weeks solid writing, decided to have a day off relaxing, walking, reading, listening to my Ipod then an evening meal where all the artists were bringing something to the table, foodwise. A non-eventful peaceful day apart from the constant hoo-hoo hoo, hoo-hoo hoo of the local doves.

It started off with the daily ritual of buying a baguette at the boulangerie. Everyone in France seems to walk about with 2 or 3 baguettes under their arm and I felt as if I blended in by doing the same. ... (continues)