Back From A(Broad)

This summer I took a trip of a lifetime. France, with my daughter, my granddaughter and my French sister.

We spent most of our time in Nay--a small village close to Pau--along with Pau  ( a large city), Bordeaux (an even bigger city) and Contis (a beachside town) .

The only thing more delicious than the French cheese is the French bread.
And what is that fuzzy-looking thing in the foreground? Probably my thumb.
My photography skills are wicked-awesome...

Almost all of the windows in Nay have shutters,
and none of them have screens. The shutters are varied in color.
Some are periwinkle, some are celery-green, some are royal blue,
and so on.

We spent a weekend in Contis, a beach town on the Atlantic Ocean.
The waves here are much more dangerous than the waves
the Atlantic sends to Florida beaches...

We walked along the shoreline, past the family section where topless sunbathing
is quite accepted, to a section where nude sunbathers--mostly men--were enjoying
the perfect weather. NONE of the men I saw (and some of them I desperately tried to unsee) looked like Viggo Mortensen. However, I DID see a few 
who were sporting a shag rug all over their backs...

This is just one of the many charming homes in Nay.

This is a "water mural" in Bordeaux. It's a huge expanse of brick/stone--bigger than a football field. A thin film of water covers the surface. On clear days, it mirrors the city. It attracts people of all ages.

One day we spent hiking, surrounded by the Pyrenees Mountains.
My skills with a camera do not do them justice...

The architecture in France is a feast for the eyes. There are little touches of loveliness
everywhere you look.

The French cheese is divine. Some is made from cow's milk,
some from goat's milk, and some from a combination of the two milks.

This is what I did over the summer. I officially went back to work yesterday. So I'm curious. What did you do over the summer?