Pattys Wagon Launch 16.07.2012

Yesterday The camper van was launched with a party on the Herengracht also a special birthday day for Pat  

She is now officially

PATTYS WAGON

After 32 years of La Cuisine Françoise IPat has decided to take time off : Call it a long Sabbatical or a new journey in Life

La Cuisine Française (her child) will remain in the capable hands of Patric Bijsterveld from Kookschool Verbijsterend, where it is business as usual and more!

Pattys Wagon is a campervan from 2002, classically designed with a French bed, shower and a 2-pits kitchen. Room enough for Pat and her faithful dog Penny. Not quite Rick Stein but getting near to it - there is even place for a culinary friend to hop on for a ride.

The trip takes her through France, Spain, Portugal and Italy staying in farms and vineyards from the organization France Passion on the way and of course an occasional golf club or a comfy B&B with bath.

Her dream is to visit friends and acquaintances of friends on the way, going to the local markets and then cooking together in their kitchen as she did in LCF. Naturally with a few handy tips and tricks thrown in here and there. She is after all a teacher with passion for the products and the techniques of the Cuisine and loves to communicate this to others.

During the trip besides holding a culinary diary Pat will start on her long awaited bundle!

In October she is “working” in Mas de Cornud helping her great friend Nito on a course The Flavours of the Provence.

Then on to the Gers where she once had a cooking school in the hammeau Encarion then owned by her friend Lidy. Pat had wanted to buy the old bakery as her second home, but Lidy sold it, just as well perhaps as now the camper is going to fill that role.

San Sebastian is her next goal. To park her camper in the centre of this city and to explore a long awaited pleasure.

The first leg of the journey will end in Portugal leaving her camper there to return home for Christmas!

It could change of course, you never know what exciting things can happen to this gypsy woman on the road… life begins at ?

Follow my adventures on Pattys Wagon on this reislog.