This and that on a Monday

Hello Friends!

It is pretty cold here! We are waiting some snow by Thursday until … next week.

I am glad my hairdresser’s appointment is tomorrow as it is difficult here to drive on snowy roads and climbing the hills in the forest.

We have been working all afternoon on our “Orient express “ puzzle a very hard one.

On Saturday it was the private sales and I found a skirt and top from last spring and I can use it during my stay.

I also found some bags easy to carry when you have a stick in one hand. Now I have to phone Emirates to have assistance during the travel. So I have a lot to organise before leaving . 

Yesterday, we had our son on Skype and he told us he was leaving on Saturday for a photo trip to Antarctica!

This worries me a lot! But I have to cope with it I expect…his trip will be long and he will have to go to Sao Polo and take three different planes and then go on a big sailing boat for a week. I know he will take beautiful drone pictures and that he will have internet but I will worry like mother’s do!

 We won’t be doing much on New Year’s Eve but we usually make our new project decisions on the 1rst!

So we will see???

As I have many appointments in January and prepare the house and food for my husband before I leave  I’ll be back sometimes before my trip and then when I arrive in Dubai.

( and at the moment I have some problems with blogger??)

Heat and architecture.

Hello Friends !

When it’s so hot 🥵 (around 35C today) the hottest day of the week a place to be cool is a cathedral or a church !

I remember staying in Germany during the Summer holidays and visiting Koln (Cologne) it was so hot that I stayed most of the afternoon in the beautiful cathedral.

The first four pictures are from an Abbey close to us.

Very big and beautiful with a big garden around.

Some details of our Court of justice

Our Gros Horloge ( our big clock street)

Typical Normand houses

Rouen Cathedral 

This is from another church in Louviers such as beautiful piece of art!

(From Facebook)

 (From Facebook)

And finally I found this picture on facebook. A farmer had the idea to protect his cows from the heat, a good idea!

This afternoon I unfortunately have to go out to have a foot X ray before the MIR . It is very painful for me to walk for the moment and I will have no choice but to use a wheelchair for long walks when our son will arrive soon. I will get it on Saturday. Better a wheelchair than stay inside! We will see what’s wrong  and hope my problem can be solved…

Thank you for coming.

Our long weekend.

Do you know Benedictine?

This bottle is Benedictine and Brandy.🥃 

In fact during the long weekend I managed to fix my blog ( for the moment!) and we decided to to go to Fecamp, by the sea and to the”palais de la Benedictine”

There has been some changes since we last visited it.

We like the taste of the liquor, but are not used to drinking! So we began the visit with a glass of Benedictine when we get the tickets and do the visit with our glass in hand! All visitors having their glass.

This room is for rent for the weddings and events.

The alembics and barrels of Benedictine.

Benedictine is made of various plants and spices such 

as : cardamome, mace, lemon peels, nutmeg, thyme, black tea, angelica ,maidenhair fern,juniper berries, hysop, cloves, cinnamon and some secret plants of course!

“Le Palais de la Benedictine”

 

After we left we went to “Saint Valéry en Caux”

The cocktail bar. With the ticket we had a cocktail at the end! Spritz with Benedictine (it was very good…but) as we are not used to alcohol we ordered a crepe … but the crepe was with mandarin and… Benedictine jam!!

The monks created this beverage 

Love the ceilings

Hope you liked the visit!