The Gatteville lighthouse stands on the Pointe de Barfleur and guides boats into Barfleur harbor. It's 25 meters (82 ft.) tall and was built in the 1830s. The day we were there, May 13, 2005, was really windy, cloudy, and downright cold— kind of like the weather we're having today in Saint-Aignan.
The slideshow is made up of a set of photos in the order in which I took them. In one photo, you can see Barfleur on the horizon across the water. In another there's the lighthouse guard dog staring us down. In others are tide pools and views of the rocky coast. It was so cold and windy that we were too frigorifiés to stop and take photos in Barfleur that day. I had been there 6 or 8 months earlier, so we just continued south after a quick drive around the harbor.
I'm late posting this morning because I got too involved in organizing and editing photos. And then I remembered that I needed to cook some black beans for today's lunch, so getting them going slowed me down even more. In all of yesterday's excitement — the neighbors had a huge party that we were invited to, and then there was the men's final at Roland Garros to watch — today's food plans were almost forgotten. We'll be making burritos.
Oh, and there's Tasha at the end!
ReplyDeleteNo, that's our dog Collette who passed away in 2006. She was 11 years old when we brought her to France, and she left us at 14.
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