St. Gille

They call it the Devils' hole.
The four of us in front of where the Kuypers lived.

Our first meal with the Dubois- warmed up cheese, meat, salad, wine, baguette.
The former home of the Kuypers.

More from St. Gille

A really Beautiful bridge on our drive back to Paris.
Michelle and I collecting shells.
Ok, so there are a couple of these "swimming pools" at the beach in St. Gille. It appears that they have created a 2-3 foot or so wall so that when the tide comes in it fills it and keeps it full for kids and others to swim in. We actually saw someone swimming in it.
The tide goes in and out so high that this boat was way up on the wall in the picture below, like close enough where I could take about 6 steps down the ladder and jump in, then about 2 hours later it was down in the mud.

More from St. Gille

A little spot where we read, ate a snack and just chilled for a couple hours... Right on the beach.
The front of the Dubois Home... super cute.
The view from where we were sitting, reading and eating some pizza with goat cheese.
Michelle's little cafe...
Another car I want to bring home.

Sweet Getaway to St. Gille

Michelle and I headed out to the coast of France to a little town, or two- St gilles croix de vie and st hilaire de riez where some dear friends of Tom and Marcia Kuyper live. Maybe you've heard that driving in Paris and other cities around France can be, hmmm, what's the word- crazy- they created the roundabout i believe... We made it from Paris to Nantes and then got into trouble and took a couple hours to get from Nantes(more than twice the time it should have) to our destination but we made it. And then we met and continued to meet some of the most amazing people on the whole planet.

We ate like the prodigal son upon his homecoming and were surprised all weekend. Here are a few of the photos- we took so many photos. Food, people, the coast, the little town. What a sweet, sweet time we had.

My new friend- Mael, the son of Ed and patricia

Dominique's classroom- all 8th graders- Romane is on the left, 2nd row.
Patricia(and her parents), Mael and El Presidente- the head of the basketball team when Tom played here.
All of the Kuypers Friends, now our friends too- Jack, Odette, Mael, Patricia, Romane, Christophe and Patricia...
Little potatoes....
Duck a la Orange.... Canard
Shrimp- Crevette
Getting ready to eat Crab and Shrimp- the "starter" to a French meal
Dominique and Sylvi with all of us...

Random Photos

The funnest LITTLE car... I want to bring it home and replace the Volvo.

Nora and I were out looking for a market and we saw this building being evacuated... it captured her attention for quite a while as we watched firemen get their gear on and prepare to go in.

Benjamin and I on the metro riding home from the Eiffel Tower

This is right behind the Notre Dame.

Food Take 4 and a couple other things

We found a McDonalds- funny things about it- 1. You can order a beer or a bottle of wine...2. You can place and pay for your order on a computer then go pick it up at a special counter. 3. The fries still taste the same.

The helmet is for my brother shawn who likes the Celtics....

Someone tell Caleb about the VW van- It's one of those camping ones- I'm sure i can swing a good deal on it if he wants me to bring it home for him. ...

Food take 3

There seems to mixed public opinion out there in regards to the food photos we are posting. Some want more and feel like they are sharing in the eating of it as they look at the photos and others are seemingly calling for more photos of snails and flowers.... Our vote? More food photos.

Jason is eating a hot dog, fried, with cheese and ketchup inside, the kids are eating crepes from the Latin Quarter. The strawberries are delicious as well as funny since we have been calling them- Fram Bo Zee's (framboise in french) We sound like americans! Then there is the pastry that is at the top of the list so far.