Buying our bread and paying our respects
As well as going to the boulangerie which you see in the photo, we also dropped by the Mairie (Town Hall) which was just off camera in order to sign the Book of Condolence which has been opened for Mimi, one of our neighbours who died suddenly at the weekend. The Book of Condolence is set outside the main entrance to the Mairie in a desk-type piece of furniture with a glass lid covering the book. The legs of the desk are surrounded by black velvet. If you're from the village and you die then the Mairie is informed and they prepare a Book of Condolence for each person and which people from the village who knew the deceased can come and pay their respects with a message and their name. It's a sad thing to have to do but in its way, if I may describe it as such, a charming village ritual.
Buying our bread and paying our respects
As well as going to the boulangerie which you see in the photo, we also dropped by the Mairie (Town Hall) which was just off camera in order to sign the Book of Condolence which has been opened for Mimi, one of our neighbours who died suddenly at the weekend. The Book of Condolence is set outside the main entrance to the Mairie in a desk-type piece of furniture with a glass lid covering the book. The legs of the desk are surrounded by black velvet. If you're from the village and you die then the Mairie is informed and they prepare a Book of Condolence for each person and which people from the village who knew the deceased can come and pay their respects with a message and their name. It's a sad thing to have to do but in its way, if I may describe it as such, a charming village ritual.