Thursday, February 24, 2011
Vaillard de Lans, France
Around and round the curvy mountain roads we climb from Grenoble to Vaillard de Lans to visit Charles' grandmother, Michele. We know how excited Little Red Riding Hood was when she set out to visit her grandmother. We bring treats from Nichols Candy House. Luckily the big bad wolf is bothering other travelers aujourdhui!
We park the Fiat and walk down narrow streets through the village open air market to find her big brown wooden door. Charles rings the bell. We are surprised when Michele opens the blue shuttered window to greet us; "Ha ha Bonjour". Michele is smiling as she welcomes us into her lovely winter home. The table is set for five as she is ready to serve us Choucroute - no matter that she only has four chairs. She expects Keara and Charles to share one! Jim and I are happy to see how much Michele loves Keara! Michele presents Keara with a scarf and gaiters that she has knit for Keara. She also shows Keara the scarf and hat she made with the gift of yarn Keara gave to her. Fun!
Choucroute is a French saurkraute with potato and meat recipe from the Alsace region - very special and very delicious ( I took the meat out, Ailis ).
Communicating with Michele is easy because she is so happy - always smiling and saying; "lalala" and "ha ha" with her joyous expression as we share information about our familiels and the fun we are having in France.
Charles' aunt and cousin come by to meet us. Dominique and Quentin take us off to find a cross-country ski area - Bois Barbu - on the other side of the mountain near Correncon. We love meandering around the hills and valleys way up high in these Alpine villages. I look out the car windows to see the snow covered craggy mountains peeking up behind the chalets on the grassy hills and ask myself; "Am I really here?"
We enjoy an 8 kilomter ski up to the Auberge Malaterre. Downhill was a blast. Charles invented a new style of skiing! "La la la" - What a nice ski. C'est fun!
Keara says: "Incroyable!"
We park the Fiat and walk down narrow streets through the village open air market to find her big brown wooden door. Charles rings the bell. We are surprised when Michele opens the blue shuttered window to greet us; "Ha ha Bonjour". Michele is smiling as she welcomes us into her lovely winter home. The table is set for five as she is ready to serve us Choucroute - no matter that she only has four chairs. She expects Keara and Charles to share one! Jim and I are happy to see how much Michele loves Keara! Michele presents Keara with a scarf and gaiters that she has knit for Keara. She also shows Keara the scarf and hat she made with the gift of yarn Keara gave to her. Fun!
Choucroute is a French saurkraute with potato and meat recipe from the Alsace region - very special and very delicious ( I took the meat out, Ailis ).
Communicating with Michele is easy because she is so happy - always smiling and saying; "lalala" and "ha ha" with her joyous expression as we share information about our familiels and the fun we are having in France.
Charles' aunt and cousin come by to meet us. Dominique and Quentin take us off to find a cross-country ski area - Bois Barbu - on the other side of the mountain near Correncon. We love meandering around the hills and valleys way up high in these Alpine villages. I look out the car windows to see the snow covered craggy mountains peeking up behind the chalets on the grassy hills and ask myself; "Am I really here?"
We enjoy an 8 kilomter ski up to the Auberge Malaterre. Downhill was a blast. Charles invented a new style of skiing! "La la la" - What a nice ski. C'est fun!
Keara says: "Incroyable!"
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