We are back in Nantes today after several fabulous days in Normandy. Here are some photo highlights.

I took this picture of Christine and Melinda from one of the upper windows of the house. They had been chatting with the neighbor’s sheep.

This is the barn on the property. M. Bertail , age 87, was cleaning it when we arrived. It was around 90 degrees at the time. He was wearing slacks and a button down shirt.

Yesterday, Bernard took a group of us on a drive. We found this antique store along the road. It was fabulous!

Maxime, age 20, the oldest of the Bertail children, found a new old guitar. Me, I got some Ricard drinking glasses.

A short drive later, we were in Deauville. Not only does Deauville have a beautiful racetrack, the city happens to be the place where Maxime was born!

Back at home, here is the Bertail family (minus Theo and plus a cousin named Manon on the left). Yes, this is the full picture from which I cropped the silly M. Bertail pretending to pour champagne on his unsuspecting wife’s head. Before the night was out, M. Bertail had shared with me a taste of some very old, and very delicious, Calvados. What a treat! And in a future post I will tell you about Madame Bertail and her painting of icons.