photo by tom!

"They make hills this steep in France...!" "
"sometimes they are even steeper"

a charming provencal life!

roaming around Malaucène

 
Place de Hôtel de Ville (I made that up!)

Tom running outside Michael's gallery

some of the locals...



almost at the top of the town

 the top!

confetti and cobblestones outside the chapel

inside the chapel



the internet gives some information about Malaucène

some of the same information en francais! this time

at some stage, they journeyed across the bottom of France - not sure how!

no photos of trains, so perhaps it was some other form of transport?  perhaps they're just a bit laissez-faire about the ole TGV

the house in Malaucène, Provence

View from our bedroom window at Malaucène, Provence

boys on the terrace

the secret garden gate and entrance to the house ...

  

the view across, the view into the terrace below and another view of the roof and street below

nick in the terrace / living room

mushroom picking

et voilà,
cèpes found in the forest around Susan's house - Mushroom soup tonight!

wikipedia gives us lots of information









les cèpes as represented on a tea-towel

to the lighthouse ... an adventure story

at the mouth of Gironde Estuary is the Cordouan lighthouse, built in the 17th century

  

      

find out more information about the Cordouan lighthouse here

Henry writes in the logbook‏,
"the lighthouse is awesome"

stopping for a biscuit break ...

on the way back to the boat, sinking into the sand

statue tom?

(get it, is that you, tom?)

tom pretending to be a statue at a chateau in Medoc

let the good times roll ... (finally pomme frite!!)

With mussels and pomme frites for lunch in Paulliac

tom "sawyer" bastow ... and the medoc

Tom on the banks of the Gironde‏

quick geographic lesson,

the "Gironde" is an estuary made from the confluence of the Dordogne and Garonne Rivers

(wikipedia, Gironde Estuary)

here's a map,

click on this map (or these words) to go to a special "GOOGLE MAP" version which shows where Paulliac, the lighthouse are in relation to each other, as well as the town of Lesparre (where SUe and Alain live, and the farmhouse in Gaillon where the troups are billetted

Sue and Alain's house in Lesparre-Medoc, in 3 mini-movies

Monsieur mange une glacé au Paulliac‏

il dit, "yum yum"

Sue's house at Gaillon near Bordeaux‏

 

Sue's house at Gaillon near Bordeaux‏

a few moving pictures to help get the atmosphere of the place ...

bordeaux!