Oh the French do know how to eat well.
We're spending the first part of the trip with the Speiser clan. Greg's brother Russell with wife Marj live in a suburb of Paris doing Christian mission work. Their home is our home here in France. Mom and Dad Speiser (Larry and Marie) have joined us for a nice two week holiday together and we've just spent the last three nights touring Normandy. We've scaled the magnificent
Mont St Michel, toured numerous D-day beaches and other WWII historical sites and capped off the trip with lovely strolls along the harbour fronts of quaint and touristy Normandy towns.
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| Mont St Michel |
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On our first day we stopped for a little urban picnic by the grand Cathedral of Rouen. (Cynthia: "are there open liquor laws in France?". Russ: "yes, you must open the liquor.") I was naturally delighted when Marj reproduced similar picnics on subsequent traveling days and looked forward to our outdoor midday feasts: fresh baguette, red wine, Emmental cheese, foi gras, hard boiled eggs, cured meats, creamy yoghurts and bakery delights.
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| Urban picnic in Rouen |
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| Check out the German bunker in the background. |
On our final day we could not leave Normandy without taking in their gastronomic specialties: fresh oysters by the harbour market and cafe crepes with a bowl of cider.
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| Max about to eat his traditional buckwheat crepe. Note the 'bowl' of cider. |
I am so jealous! Never mind the beautiful cathedrals, just look at that food! What I would give for an authentic french baguette....
ReplyDeleteYour picnic looks absolutely delicious! Did you hire donkeys to carry all that around for you?!
ReplyDeleteI knew I shouldn't have looked at the food post. Now there's tears and saliva all over my keyboard. Damn.
ReplyDeleteCan you bring some of that food to Singapore? I hear long life hard cheese and salami travel well.
ReplyDeleteHave fun!
Anj
oh cheese, wine and baguette how I love you.
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