"He was a bold man that first ate an oyster"....Jonathan Swift

You do have to wonder about what would prompt the first person to eat an oyster, not to mention other foods like liver, raw egg yolks and of course, scorpions. I do love them and we certainly had a few today.





Hannah and Rachel in front of one of the "huitre" stands in Cancale. The last time we were here the oysters were so much cheaper but they are still as good as ever.







Here I am with Hannah and Rachel at the beach in Cancale at low tide. After a few minutes the jackets and especially the scarf came off...it was a nice sunny, warm day....the kind of day where it is warm but you can still sit in the sun.....I know I forgot how that can be in Arizona.






She sells sea shells by the sea shore.








Joel's oysters....haha.







We had a great day today. The last and only other time we ever were here in Cancale was in 1996. I always wanted to go back and today we finally did. I just love showing Hannah and Rachel new places. They are very easy to travel with and usually pretty flexible. Rachel did in fact taste an oyster (she didn't like it), Hannah of course didn't try one....no surprises there.

French Laundry

Our place has a washer but no dryer so I did a load of wash - had to get the smell of the airplane off our clothes....and then hang them out to dry. I don't think I had ever touched a clothespin in my entire adult life....haha.

Joel and Hannah and Rachel are still sleeping (for 12 hours now and I think I'll let them). I myself got up early. It is a beautiful day and you can hear people walking up the street in front of the house, and some Sunday bicyclists just roared down the cobblestoned street. We are on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the house so I can look out and over the street pretty anonomously. It was pretty funny because an older gentleman was just now peering through the first floor apartment and didn't notice me noticing him being curious about what was in that flat....I could see the top of his bald head as he was being nosy.....