We started off in Dublin.
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We started off in Dublin.
Clonturk Park, where Bridie's house is.
Drumcondra Road, not far away.
Downtown
Fagan's in Drumcondra, our "local". Also the local for Bertie Ahearn, Ireland's Taoseach (prime minister).
Water sculpture in St. Stephen's Green
Grafton Street.
Shopping Centre at St. Stephen's Green, off Grafton Street.
The parlour at Rosie's house.
Get together of the sisters.
La Brea Bakery from Los Angeles has opened up a sandwich shop in Arnott's department store. They fly the bread dough in frozen from L.A.
The Clarence Hotel, owned by Bono and The Edge from U2.
Pints at the Octagon Pub, in the Clarence.
Temple Bar district.
Dublin is unique in that it has no high rise buildings. Ikea stores aren't allowed in Ireland, either -- too big.
Patrick Gilbeault has opened up a bakery.
Having a pint with Brian and Philomena
We took a Ryan Air flight to Marseilles for about $30.00. This is a back alley in Le Lavandou, about an hour's drive.
Along one of the 12 beaches. Population swells from 3,000 to 90,000 in the summer and the beach is black with people.
The water was still quite warm at around 70F
Balcony of our apartment, which was next door to Anna and Gilles' apartment.
Ubiquitous bottle of Rosé, which is the local drink. Many excellent local vinyards. A 5 litre box of decent stuff sells for $14.00
Morning coffee.
A smart car pickup.
Thursday market.
Our rental, a very nice little Mercedes A180 turbodiesel.
After supper pastries. It's handy having a bakery.
de la Varne Monastery, in the process of restoration. It is in the mountains, about an hour's white-knuckle drive from Le Lavandou along
nicely paved, very narrow switchbacks with no shoulders.
This is the bakery, with an ancient wood fired oven. (about a 12 ft. diameter deck).
A monk's cell.
Courtyard to the cell.
Olive pressing room.
We stopped at a restaurant in the mountains on the drive home. Fantastic thin crust pizza, and a tasty local fish dish I can't remember the name of.
Another day, another box of pastries.
Anna working in the bakery. Dividing dough for baguettes.
It got windy on Sunday and the surf came up in the Mediterranean. About 100 surfers, sailboarders, and parasailers appeared at the beach.
Our apartment building.
View of the surfers from our balcony.
A common local shrub, in flower everywhere.
Today's pastry allotment. At the top right is a "tarte tropezienne", a traditional local pastry. A rewarding field of study!
Our apartment building. This is the equivalent of a summer cottage in France.
Pastry panorama (scroll right).
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