The 8th May 1945 : Prime minister Churchill declared victory in Europe yesterday, celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany.

The video below is in memory of my father Lewis Wallace DFC.It is in no way meant to glorify war; in fact it must have been terrifying to have experienced such horror. However it makes our family proud to know that because of young man like him, today we live in a free and democratic world.

Our son Lewis giving it some at the Casino de Paris.So wish we could have been there!
The full version can be found at youtube: lewisjamesmusic

Finally its official!! The French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations.... Read more

This restaurant, set on a beautiful terrace in Gassin, is one that I have often visited in the summer as it has remarkable views over the Gulf of St Tropez. I once went there, in the winter, with some English friends and they refused to serve a Cote de Boeuf “ well done”, for my friends and I agreed with them totally as I also hate well cooked meat!

This weekend my wife and I had lunch there on May 1st ( Fete de Travail when nobody works!!). I started with the terrin de foise gras with fig jam and my wife had the fresh asparagus with a lovely cream sauce. They were both delicious!

For our main course I had the cote de boeuf with a moreille ( mushroom ) sauce, cooked blue and my wife had the rabbit also accompanied by a lovely sauce.

All in all the meal was delicious and the potatoes and vegetables served with the meals were both very tasty and decorative.

Mr L

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I should have the video early next week!

Olympic Gold Medallist Lord Sebastian Coe, who is Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, visited the University of Worcester yesterday. Who did he meet; our son Andrew! Who strangely was wired up like a play station basketball player!!!






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Big apoligies for not blogging for over a week but I have not only busy with golf schools I have been super occupied taking care of my big sister.
Anyway, here are some photos of her stay and I can't wait for her to come back!!

My sister Pat is here and will be joining the golf school this week. Today, however we started out with a 8 mile bike ride, had a spot of lunch near the beach in Saint Augulf, and watched Everton beat Man U in the FA cup semi final. Perfect day!!

Have you ever driven along a road a hundred times and missed seeing something special? For me, who drives on the road between Plan de La Tour and Grimaud ( D44 ) after golf each afternoon in the summer, as it is the only shortcut that cuts out the coast road, this is the case.
The other day we were invited for lunch to a restaurant called La Quinta. I must have passed it and never noticed it.
It is set in the middle of the vineyards and the outside dining area overlooks the fields of vines and is next to a swimming pool.
My starter was fois gras on apple and black pudding ( boudin) . The fois gras was cooked to perfection and it was a terrific dish.
For my main course Lamb shank with spices in, on top of a very creamy mashed potato base, and for desert a delicious hot chocolate tartlets with a filling of fruit comfiture. Delicious!!
All in all a delicious meal and a restaurant I would thoroughly recommend.

Mr L

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I have created a new Facebook group called 'Mark Wallace PGA talks golf'.
Join this group for free and enjoy golf info, tips, tuition, videos, Q and A and anything golf related.
You can upload your photos or videos and share them with the other group members.
Or why not post a video of your swing and I will analyze it for you.
Its going to be fun!

Rebecca is back in Sainte Maxime for a few days holiday.

Found this YouTube video on tips using your mobile phone abroad, it's not bad but my tips would be:

1/ Make sure your phone is unblocked and buy a local pay as you go SIM card.
2/ Leave a voice message on your original SIM card with your new SIM card number.
3/ Never, never, never use your mobile to connect to the internet
4/ Always use WIFI to connect your laptop to the internet, free WIFI hotspots can be found virtually everywhere these days.
4/ Install Skype on your laptop as its free to use if you are calling another Skype contact via their computer. You can also call mobiles and send sms/text messages at greatly reduced rates ,if you pay 4 Euros a month you can make unlimited calls to any fixed land line in Europe. Link to the Cost of using your mobile abroad

Spent the later part of the afternoon writing emails.....on the beach! Lol

In all honesty the Easter weekend down here got off to a wet and overcast start. This afternoon however we went on a quick bike ride around Sainte Maxime and were kind of shocked to see how many people were on the beach, it was almost the twilight zone! People were actually swimming (must be Brits) and it was just like a August. Even Lady got involved.

NB: Photos taken with my Nokia 95 mobile phone

All eyes had been on the two top names in golf and a man bidding to become the oldest winner of a major title, but Ángel Cabrera emerged from one of the most thrilling climaxes in the history of Augusta to become the Click here

A star is born, Susan Boyle, fantastic!

How do the other pro's feel now that Tiger is back? Lewis sent me this great little video.

This is it folks, my favorite golf tournament on the pro calendar, The Masters.
Here is the link to the official website Click here and the live leader board click here

17 year old Federico Macheda's Wonder Goal For Man Utd against Aston Villa yesterday, it's what dreams are made of!!