there is a good place in Lyon where one can have terrific food without having to pay astronomical prices: http://www.institutpaulbocuse.com/ which is the cookery school of the celebrated French chef Paul Bocuse
Almudena asked the maitre d' why chefs had to wear tall hats, to what he replied that it was simply a question of hierarchy and protocol,
which brings me nicely to her next question (yes, she's six) 'why didn't you want to have another queen after Marie Antoinette?' although such a question only provoked giggles among French people.............. I suppose the adult answer to that should be 'because the French tired of paying for the overspending of the privileged and the country was buried into debt'...............hang on a minute, does it ring a bell or two?.............maybe we should be shipping guillotines to Mr. Bush and Mr. Brown all the way from France!
