The Fountain of Angers
We arrived in Angers (pronounced Aw-zhay) at sunset
Angers Courthouse
Angers Cathedral
Entering the Angers Cathedral
Didier holds the door for Michelle as Patricia looks on. Mr. and Mrs. David were the host family for Michelle during her first semester of senior year in high school, 1999. She lived with them in Angers. The father is a pig farmer, but the 600 or so pigs live on a farm some distance away from their home.
An Inside View
The church was entirely too dark to get a good photo.
The view outside
Angers is a quiet backwater of France, but lovely just the same.
Sunset presents a golden glow
The Fortress at Angers
Near the river Loire
Sunset
As the last rays of the sun rest into the western sky, the reflection makes the river Loire a pensive place. Ah, poetry.
another river view
The gang
Didier, Patricia, Phyllis, and John
The Girls
Michelle, Isabelle, Aymone, and the little Venus (that's pronounced "vee-noose")
Jardin
The gardens in the fort are kept in perfect symmetry by the city's workers.
The Davids
At home in the kitchen
Aymone and Michelle
Enjoying some Muscatel
Isabelle and Phyllis
In the kitchen
The fridge is behind Aymone, and the stove is behind Michelle.
Explaining
The table contains the appetizers, or as they call them, the "entree". We have already finished our appertif, then the kir comes next, champagne and concentrated fruit color. These are designed to prepare your palate.
Our Dinner conversation
Refill the red
Recall that this is about our fourth drink.
Enjoying the dinner
Patricia and Isabelle with Venus
Behaving
The puppy is behaving
Fromage et du vin
The cheese looks so good you can almost smell its aroma
Whoa
Michelle is doing fine - I think it's John that's not keeping up with the wine. Why is the room rotating?
Dessert
This was a special dessert from the local baker
The stairs at La Jaunaie
La Jaunaie
Early Morning in Angers