This is the chateau where Chateaubriand grew up. And that's Andy's head.
Ducks in the Jardins du Thabor
The seagull really liked that guy. Cos he had food in his pocket.
View of the town of St Malo from the battlements.
There were a lot of couples out at St Malo.
Piscine de l'eau de mer
Chateaubriand's tomb at St Malo. I was lucky to come on a day when we could walk out to the the little island.
Mes parents d'acceuil
Andy's head in front of the cathedral at Bayou
Inside the cathedral, light through the stained glass windows
Another of the same cathedral
Andy's head in front of a furniture maker's sign
This was a battlesite from the Normandy invasion, where there are still enormous craters and half-destroyed German bunkers. Many of the German soldiers who were killed in the air raid that left those craters are still under the ground, buried where they fell by the mounds of displaced earth or collapsed bunkers.
This was on the battlefield, too.
Look! The trees are on frames!
Andy and Stephanie inside the complex of the Chateau Ducale of Normandy
Andy's head; view of a cathedral in Caen from the top of the battlements of the chateau ducale
Keith, Michelle, Stephanie, French flag, on the battlements
Caen from the battlements
Frenchies
A couple on the battlements.
All the flags on the battlements
close-up of the battlements themselves
There were these very fanciful sculptures on poles inside the complex, strange combinations of animals.
This was Andy's favorite statue, but only once he had seen it from this angle.
The bird only had one leg, and a tail instead of a tailfeather, so we figured all it could do to get around was hop. But I guess it didn't matter, since it was just sitting on that pole forever anyway.
The chapel inside the chateau ducale
same chapel
There was no sign indicating who he was, though I did my best to get it out of him.
He didn't respond to Andy, either.
Another couple; what a place to study!
On the warf in Caen (only Stephanie was ready for this picture, but you can barely see her!); this place was absolutely nuts after France beat New Zealand in the Rugby world cup, as we witnessed.
Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach. This is another couple. You'll just have to believe me.
This was near Omaha Beach, but up the cliffs and a little ways east.
Bicyclette, Omaha Beach
Luke was feeling a little cold.
Looking at rocks that fell down.
I love these kids with their cameras.
Stephanie was making an intense face.
This Menhir looked like a cubist face.
There were so many bridges in Quimper.
The old bridge in the foreground was no longer open for use. The funny modern bridge can be seen behind.
Quimper couple
L'église de St. Ronan
La fin du monde
I made pumpkin pie.
Gabrielle and the sheep at Mont St. Michel
Stop on the road to the Mount
Everyone taking photos
Members of my group looking out on the river that marks the border between Normandy and Brittany
Tourists at Mont St. Michel
Photos at the Abbey of Mont St. Michel
Rebecca was angry because Luke took a "fat picture" of her.
the channel from Mont St. Michel
I loved the stained glass there.
A woman with a broken arm in the monk walk.
This was my favorite room cos this is where they ate.
whoo, crazy!
taking photos of...
this! Where's St. Michael's face?
Meg, Rebecca, Maddy
There are all kinds of apparently useless things like this in these old monkish places.
I don't know what was up there.
I don't know what was up there, either. I liked the floor.
I took a photo of the wall. I don't remember why.
There was Greek on the trip!
cameraface
Michelle
monsieur le grand photographe
more of the stained glass
The Scriptorium, my favorite room.
Girls who are not monks in the scriptorium.
more scriptorium madness
I thought this tree looked like it had a face.
They have weird plants over here. I like them.
NOT a pirate castle.
view of the ocean from le Fort la Latte
Like I said, about the weird plants.
This is for my sisters: a nice bathroom at a restaurant in Nantes
More of the nice bathroom
Inside of the Art Nouveau Brasserie, 'La Cigale', where we brunched.
La Cigale
I like the little cicada in the tutu.
Astiers!
This place was famous, but I forgot the name.
little Astiers!
Astiers and Christmas market
colorful christmas market
Jerome taught Julien a fun game.
She didn't quite get it.
My room
My desk
République
La Poste
building where there was a fire, and also a big crane
on the way home from the metro station
my street
