I think I've gained five kilos from reading your article, Adrienne, and also feel mildly hungover. I laughed out loud at this line: a quantity of champagne, a glass or two of red with dinner, and accidentally drank a scotch and coke.

Accidentally, indeed.

I visited Mont St Michel quite a few years ago, before I actually moved to France, and, more recently Auray. I'd forgotten about it until I read your story, but I looked through my pictures of a summer I spent in Brittany and there was Auray. Very pretty little town.

Great article, I enjoyed it a lot.