While our Danish guests have been staying in our house in Juviles, we've been enjoying a week in Ville D'Avray, an affluent little town on the edge of Paris, in the home of some people with whom we swapped a week's accommodation. They were at our place in October, and now we've collected on the deal, so to speak. It's in a very beautiful setting, teeming with birdlife, like this thing - which is either a coot or a moorhen, I can never remember which is which - swimming around on Corot's pond. The proto-impressionist came out here from Paris to paint in the fresh air, and now there's a very upmarket restaurant here named after him. It's phenomenally expensive, so we didn't eat there. Perhaps we'll come back when the pound is worth something. In fact our trip to France has served to emphasise what an incredible bargain our part of Spain continues to offer, particularly as our beautiful three- bedroom house can be rented from £200 per week.May is fairly busy for bookings, but currently most of June and July is still free. House swaps considered (NYC, anybody?)
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