Hotel le Grand Chalet Ronce Les Baines
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Mass in France
... a foreign world and culture surrounded me. Through the three months whether I was in France, Spain or England, I knew that church was available in a way that wasn't foreign to me. Yes, I might not understand every word said, or in Spain's case - any word... I can follow the mass and feel at home since it always follows the same basic structure of Introductory Rites, liturgy of the ...
Thanksgiving
... plates?! We had green bean casserole.. which was really just soup green beans and onions because the french apparently don't like bread crumbs... We had stuffing which was delicious and tasted like home, we had "cranberry sauce" which was really a home made jam that Ashley and I somehow put together with raspberries, apple, OJ, cranberry juice, sugar and wine... don't ask... it tasted good. We also had cooked carrots, potatoes, ...
Un vrai de vrai vieux port!
... que nous avons vues. Heureusement le soleil est de retour, car l'air de la mer est quand meme assez frais!
Ensuite, nous avons pris la route pour Nantes et nous sommes arrives chez nos amis Gilles et Ingrid en fin d'apres midi. Nous avons passe une belle soiree, nous etions tres heureux de les revoirs et aussi de renouer avec les apericubes!!!
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All aboard for Bordeaux
... bank there is a mirror pool which is a large area flooded about 2 cm deep in which the beautiful facades of the Bourse and St Michael's church are reflected, in summer time it is more usual to see children splashing about keeping cool.
We walk through the old town stopping for Maryse to buy us all bags of cannalles which are a local delicacy, cakes made from the egg yolks which remain after the whites have been used ...
I do like to be beside the seaside!
... AD. It was an important church on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. There were later additions but the building and surrounding area were flooded and buried in sand and not rediscovered until the 1800s when it was renovated. It is a lovely church,but there is little information inside and none in English.
Then onto the shuttle and back on board for lunch and the almost compulsory afternoon nap.
And a great evening meal follows and yes, another early ...