I have been incredibly lucky in the past year with my sister
and Dave living just down the street and my mom and Denny living 1 ½ hours away
– all of us together, in Germany. Now that my mom’s contract is over, she and
Denny have headed back to Michigan – but not before we took one last girls trip
to France!
I started the trip with Mom and Chelsea met us part way. We stayed in my friend David Morgan’s beautiful old house tucked into the romantic
walking-only village of Bize Minervois, about 1 hour south of Montpellier. We
loved their kitchen with the spiral stairs, stone sink, and
fireplace-for-an-oven.
Here is the front of their house, I love the
door and open windows.
...the living room with the tall ceilings and
beautiful windows.
Narbonne-Plage – perfect October beach day!
The plant life changed about every 20 minutes!
Our second lunch of cheese and bread. I think we had 5 lunches that day.
We had a delicious dinner along the canal by the beach near Montpellier before picking Chelsea up at the Montpellier airport.
Chelsea and Mom in Cassis
The beach of Cassis
Cassis
Port-Miou in the Calanques near Cassis - I'll be sailing my boat here one day...one day!
the incredible Calanques, near Cassis
My incredible sister in the incredible Calanques!
...climbing on rocks
Park your sailboat here and live in bliss indefinitely!
Calanques, near Cassis
...and of course we had to go for a swim!
Calanques, near Cassis
We drove through the Gorge du Verdon which is unbelieveable. I had no idea this part of France looked like this! Chelsea is holding on to Mom so she does not fall off the ledge because 1) it is just that beautiful and 2) she also kind of doesn't like heights.
But she liked heights enough to climb down into the gorge to see the Verdon river.
...which, of course, we also went swimming in.
Good times I will keep forever close to my heart.
