As you can see, there was a huge tree that gave us and the house some shade for part of the day. In the photo on the right above you can see that we had a big green front yard as well as the gravel terrace right in front of the house. All this, and the center of the village with all its shops was just a 10-minute walk away.
After a week there, Cheryl want to go to Paris for her second week in France. She and I drove up to Paris and met up with Charles-Henry, who had arrived in Paris for the summer. He and I drove up to Rouen drove for a night or two with friends there, and then CHM and I drove down to Vouvray, where Walt had stayed, alone, over the weekend. He wanted to watch some of the tennis matches that were being played at Roland Garros in Paris. It was a great vacation. BTW, the photo on the right above is another view of the Vouvray gîte owner's house. 
It's all so lovely. I think the owner's house is what they call a "maison de caractere."
ReplyDeleteYou have a great memory, Ken, for all of the details of these trips that were a good while ago! It's great to have access to your photos, to bring out those memories.
ReplyDeleteStopped in Vouvray, after staying in a gite in Cholet. Had been really sick from a bad oyster for three days, and on the way back to Paris was finally ready to eat something. Went into the bakery downtown, and chose an Opera cake over the local macarons. A good choice, maybe the best Opera cake ever.
ReplyDeleteI finally had to give up on raw oysters. I was sick like that four or five times before I decided to eat raw oysters any more. Glad the opera cake was good. We ate a lot of stuff purchased at the Charcuterie Hardouin on our stays in Vouvray.
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