The Dordogne
The estate where we rented a house
Oh, la vache!
La salle à manger
Snails
Prehistoric cave art
warm goat cheese salad
Making dinner
The chefs
Our house for the week
Goat cheese salad #2
le potager
asparagus
the aftermath
Duck- now you see it...
now you don't!
À table!
Crêpes
Dessert
Les moules
Bordeaux
Aging wine
St. Emilion winery
Another winery in St. Emilion
Yet another goat cheese salad
Look who we found in Paris!
Poppies in June
Prehistoric caveman
fish market
Pat at lunch
my first flambé
Cruising on the Dorgogne river
Sarlat at night
Geese
St. Emilion vineyard
The barrel room
The owner and our guide
how barrels are made
Lunch at the winery
Famous cookies
Quelle belle salade!
Sarlat
Roman aqueduct near Arles
Tarte Tatin
The ruins of the Pope's summer home
Lunch at Châteauneuf-du-Pape with guests
Gordes
Châteauneuf countryside
Abbey of Sénanque
Lavender in bloom
The Arles "gang"?
The view from the 5th bedroom at the B&B
Market
Courgettes et tomates
Arles market
We will make jam
Tellines
my breakfast table at the B&B
French cowboys
La soupe au pistou
Potatoes cooked in duck fat
Dinner at Au Brin de Thym
Coleman and Lily Whittier came to visit
Lily making crêpes
Claudine's goats
Making chocolate ganache
Early morning bakery trip
Fresh from the oven pains au chocolat
Teen Week with C'est si bon! cooking school
M. Fassy and his baguettes
Making croissants
breakfast for the teen chefs
Baguettes
Almond filling
Fassy bakery
Debearding mussels
Ian and Chef Érick
Teen afternoon fun
Picnic with Chef Dorette
A visit to an organic winery
Emily Whipper
the Rhône
a river cruise
Les haricots verts
Palourdes- clams
Chef Érick and Filou
Bon appétit!
Riding on the Rhône
Making aoïli
Lunch
Off the coast of Marseille
near Marseille
Couscous et merguez
My 50th birthday cake
out for a drive
I have no idea...
Staples of Mediterranean cuisine
Palourdes at the market
My beautiful orange brioche!
Seafood gazpacho
Sunset over the Camargue
The Mediterranean Sea
The port in Marseille
A little beach town
Flourless Decadent Chocolate Cake
Gâteau de riz
A night out in Arles
The best tomato sandwich in the whole world
tomatoes at the market
The view from my bedroom window in Arles
The church in Saintes Maries de la Mer
Salade niçoise
Ex-voto
Sainte Sarah
An amazing church
No explanation needed
My Arles friends
Another attempt at orange brioche
Just another summer day in Arles
Arles rooftops
Seafood!
Italy- St. Peter's Square
Trevi Fountain
Watch out for Romans
Sign her up!
A funny thing happened outside the Roman Colesseum
The Colesseum
Pizza in Rome
The Roman Forum
Here you go, Rick Steves!
David by Michelangelo
the Duomo in Florence
The real thing!!
Tuscany
Florence
The Tarheels- even in Italy
Olive tree
San Gimignano
A visit to a Tuscan winery
Sunset in Florence
Our Italian guide
Seafood risotto
The beach in Cinque Terre
Hiking in Cinque Terre
Grape harvest
Postcard perfect day
trail signs
another stop along the way
We continue to hike...
The world's best pesto
Monterosso beach
Too many bags!
Van Gogh's hospital in Arles
The Roman arena in Arles
The church at Frigolet
Pic Saint Loup
Are we there yet?
Arles sheep
Aqueduct in Arles
Cooking lesson
Le carbonade de mouton
The Saturday market in Arles
Honeymoon in Arles- learning to cook
Organic products
Brazilians in Arles
Foggy day in Châteauneuf
Claudine making her goat cheese
Another sabbatical chef- but only for a day!
Chocolate tarts
Santons for the crèche (manger scene)
The souvenirs from a walk in the woods
Meringues
Market fare
Proof that I was there!
Out and about in the south of France
Incroyable...
Arles market and the local farmers
Fall mushrooms
Les gorges de l'Ardèche
Mountain goats by the side of the road
Sauteeing mushrooms
Van Gogh and Monticelli in Marseille
Marseille
éoliennes- wind turbines
From Notre Dame de la Garde
French chickens!
Notre Dame de la Garde- Marseille
Sauteeing spinach
Pink flamingos in the Camargue
frying shrimp heads
preparing Poulet Apicius
the rest of the shrimp
Joël Durand, chocolatier of St. Rémy
his chocolate fountain
tea in St. Rémy de Provence
Claudine
the finished product
The Pont du Gard
Véronique, a potter in Le Cailar
Lunch with Richard and Nadine in Boulleich
My Halloween decoration
Nadine's cat
Richard and Nadine- the Apple and Onion Festival
Even Sponge Bob made it to the festival
Jonas loves crêpes
Crêpe maker extraordinaire!
Le Boulleich
McDonald's desserts
the door to Nadine's home
Eole winery
Claudine's herd
gourds
my fougasse
special pastry for November 1- All Saints' Day
Reims- Joan of Arc
lunch in Reims
fall in Champagne
Canard-Duchêne champagne cellar
stained glass
the cathedral of Reims
Champagne grapes
windows created by Marc Chagall
bottles for champagne
champagne waiting for a celebration
Taittinger champagne
inspecting the bottles
Here's to our friendship!
special menu for Président Sarkozy
Veuve Clicquot champagne house
artwork down in a cellar
at work bottling bubbly
the "good" years
celebrating the November election
the horse stables and museum in Chantilly
the Château of Chantilly
a farm in Montépilloy
cows again
Senlis, in the distance
Senlis
Lycée St. Vincent, Senlis
Joan of Arc visited Montépilloy
Senlis in the fall
Oh là là...
Pierrefonds
Collège Anne-Marie Javouhey and our penpals
taking notes while Mrs. E talks about Durham Academy
On top of the Arc de Triomphe
Thomas Jefferson in Paris
The Eiffel Tower was blue in November
Smart car
copying Monet in the Musée d'Orsay
The Arc de Triomphe
Place de la Concorde
Mr. E finally came to Paris
Mona
Van Gogh's bedroom in Arles
Rue St. Dominique
special exhibit at the Musée d'Orsay
celebrating Sarkozy's presidency of the EU
Waterlilies at the Orangerie
the Galeries Lafayette Christmas display
this was the best onion soup I've ever had...
Christmas at Galeries Lafayette
bakery on Ile St. Louis
view from the top of the Eiffel Tower
Napoleon's tomb
Place du Tertre
Saint Thérèse
dinner in Montmartre
Paris from Montmartre
at the Invalides
Sacré Coeur
La Sorbonne
my favorite cheese shop in Paris
Pure heaven!
hot chocolate
my first try at watercolors
back to Provence
Picasso's home near Mont St.Victoire
Mont St. Victoire
exploring the Mediterranean coastline
serious wine-tasting at Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Snow on Mont Ventoux
walking along the Rhône in Arles
Arles windows
friends come to visit for Thanksgiving
baby lambs
freshly pressed olive oil
another Provence sunset
roasted vegetables
Truffle market
sampling truffles and scrambled eggs
Christian Lacroix exhibit at the Musée Réattu
olives ready to pick
Christmas decorations on rue Pierre Euzeby
Thanksgiving dinner Provence-style
pieds et paquets
yet another wonderful dessert
René, truffle hunter
Noël
freshly made pasta with truffles
Marcel Pagnol's birthplace
another beautiful coastal town
Cassis
a serious game
whose underwear is this??
December sunset in Arles
a walk in the woods
Sony, René's truffle-hunting dog
René and Sony
weighing the day's finds
I fell in love...
Fréderique Mistral, Place du Forum, Arles
no paintings in Arles...
out for another drive
Carcassonne
No smoking or spitting allowed
Collioure, on the way to Spain
lunch cheese
wild boar
the Pyrénées
anchovies
I help carve a duck with a huge liver
weighing the duck breast
brie with truffles
my last day in Arles, Place de la République
the Arles Hôtel de Ville
Place Voltaire in the winter
a monument to those who died in the WWII concentration camps
the corner grocery store
Venus of Arles
Véronique, my co-worker
Mme Christiane Buchanan, my high school French teacher at Harris High School 1976
