Sunday, September 29, 2013

Momma Mia!


It was wonderful to spend time with my mom here the last few days.  I’ve never had the chance to share some Provence favorites with her before and it was great to be able to do so.

Of course, that meant a lot of nice meals – on our terrace, in local towns, along the banks of the Rhone river, looking across at the papal city of Avignon.  It also meant lots of talking about food and going shopping at a Provencal market.  

We got to see local sights like the sound and light show at Les Baux, some Roman ruins, and definitely a visit to a favorite winery.  No bulls, though.

We did, however, have lots of animal visitors.   Our proprietor lives in an apartment attached to our house and has a cat we never see.  But the cat decided to make a visit while mom was here.    

Then some people visited the proprietor and brought their gigantic Newfoundland dog.  Then the next day our neighbor came by and brought her donkey (doesn’t everyone?)  With each progressively bigger animal, we thought maybe we’d have an elephant by the end of the week.

None of this happened before Mom got here.  Maybe she’s related to Dr. Doolittle?

KVS

Mom and Val after shopping

Mom messing with my food again

A friendly visit from our neighbor

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