St Winifreds Care Home residents cruise to France

Once again our St Winifreds Care Home residents set sail on their Nellsar Cruise, last week docking in France.

They stopped off at ‘Café La St Winifreds‘ to enjoy a breakfast of croissants, cereal and refreshments and sat listening to French music – everyone commented how nice it was.

On speaking with residents in their rooms, we got some lovely feedback about their own trips to France; 

• Lewis said that he’d travelled all around the South of France, including travelling to Nice in 1954 for Entente Cordiale (British week). He marched the streets and made a programme in Nice with the Royal marine band with whom he played the base drum.
• Barbara said she loved going on the P&O ferry £1 day trips with her daughter Susan.
• Marj enjoyed a long weekend with a friend in France and they had beautiful food and went up the Eiffel Tower where the view was amazing!
• Gordon worked on the Dover to Calais ferries for years and remembers serving lots of French people.
• Margaret said she used to go to France ‘back in the day’ when it was all so reasonably priced. She enjoyed days drinking in the sun with her brother and sister-in-law.

At lunchtime our residents enjoyed a delicious French-themed menu of;

Main

Coq Au Vin
Classic French stew
Mixed bean and vegetable cassoulet
Dauphinoise potatoes and Jardine vegetables

Dessert

Gypsy tart
Profiteroles and cream
Fresh fruit and cream or ice cream

 

Residents thoroughly enjoyed their lunch and pudding and couldn’t thank our Kitchen Chefs and staff enough for such a lovely French cuisine experience.

After lunch we enjoyed an afternoon of crosswords, a French quiz and themed music. Magnifique!