Normandie part three

Market day

 

This was an experience for Shea

 

 

cheeses

 

fruits

dried herbs

 



 

salamis

 

flowers

 

dried fruits

 

olives

 

lettuces

 

pigs heads

 

Colette buying cheeses



Normandie part two

Exploring

 

Oh yeah I forgot to explain.

 

This trip was not planned.

Claude and Colette have inherited their parent's

flat in Dieppe, a one bedroom unit.

When Pappy died, 12 years ago a family

friend who was living with him at the time

ask us if she could continue to live there.

So Colette and Claude said yes.

She lived there rent free but paid the charges.

She passed away in December.

And now we have to go and sell the flat.

For Claude and I it is an expensive trip,

as we rented the car and lived at a motel.

Colette, Sevy and Shea stayed at the flat.

 

Colette and Claude has lot of meetings with

the solicitor and the Real Estate agencies.

 

Dieppe Castle

 



view of the city from the castle

 





Normandie part one

2 January going shopping

 

 

parking in Dieppe is terrible so we walk

 

a cafe. I have a painting at home of it

Claude dad painted it.

Art Deco

the shop Pappy owned and run.

It is now Cousin Joel and his son Nicholas

who have it

 



 Dieppe church

 

Claude with the bread and putting

more stuff into Sevy backpack.

 

waiting for Colette at the bank.

She has trouble exchanging 100$ US money.

They don't change over $50 at the post office

and the banks in France do not exchange money.

New year 2014

New Year 2014 Dieppe, France

Claude and I did not get champagne (or wine)
to celebrate New year.
Colette had a nice meal with champagne, wine
and liqueur.

We arrived in Paris and Colette, Sevy and Shea
were waiting for us. We booked a rental car
and they decided to come with us and not
take the train. They had a long wait after a long trip.
Colette from North Carolina and Sevy and Shea
from Saipan. They had to go to Tokyo first.

 

 

I took a lot of photos of all the damages on the car

 

I finally met Shea

 

at Claude and Colette parent's flat

 

Denise and Joel had champagne for us and a nice meal

ready and waiting.

 

Joel is the nephew of Madame Renaud who was living

in the flat.

 

Shea first champagne

Abu Dhabi

31 December 2013

We took the Etihad flight to Paris.

Arriving on New years Day 2014.

 

At Sydney airport I was check all over, a complete check.

Usually they do this to Claude!!!!!

 

Abu Dhabi airport

 

the ceiling

 



relaxing

 



 

window shopping

 

a new construction near the runway.

I wonder what it's going to be.

31 December 2013 Cicade

31 December 2013

The cicade in our garden has a huge flower again.

 

Claude is on the path above it

 

so I went next to it to show how big it is.