Arnaud teaches oyster-eating FRH070910

If you have not eaten oysters in Cancale with Arnaud you missed one of the greatest highlights of FRH.

 

He shows us two kinds - the 'deep-bodied' oyster cultivated right before our eyes on the tidal flats of Cancale, and the 'flat' oyster that is wild and harvested in deeper waters offshore.

 

In these photos he demonstrates opening, cutting away from the shell, applying lemon, and finally eating the oyster.

 

Lastly, some of the ladies on our tour enjoy this new pastime.

 

Surely one of the most memorable highlights of our visit to France!

 

Thank you Arnaud.

Group Photo of FRH 092810 Heart of France tour at Chenonceau

SPAM Alert

Bonjour everyone. I have had some spam problems early on this blog. This is why from now on, none of your messages or photos can be posted without my agreement. Do not reply to any mail requesting money or anything else. This is the type of spam that everyone could receive on each other Email address. Unfortunately this happens all the time, and my only advice is to have 2 Email addresses. 1 that you can use with any other site, while booking a service, a flight, a device online, or to subscribe to a website, a blog, or a newsletter of any sort. And another address that you should keep secret for all your relatives ands friends. Thanks and see you again soon hopefully. Unfortunaly Blogs are very easy target to spams. But please be sure that all the security I can possibly activate is already activated on my blog. Cheers. Arnaud

FSF 090509 Group Photo on a terrace in Arles

French Kingdom at beginning of Hugues Capet's reign year 987

Here is a map of France in order to show you how France looked like when the first Capetian King received the throne in 987

Paris Tour Saint Jacques : Via Parisiensis, way to Santiago de Compostella

Hi Arnaud!

It's Bridgete from the 7 day Paris tour.  I've attached a photo I took because I simply cannot remember what it is and I'm hoping you can help.  Thanks!

Hope all is well.

-Bridgete-

--
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
-Mohandas Gandhi

7 Days in Paris PAR 082210 Group Photo in front of Notre Dame

Arnaud is back from India

Hi everyone, I am just back from India and I survived once again this trip. I am delighted to read all your messages and discover all the photos you can send. Thanks again !

Arnaud

Heart of France FRH070910 more photos of our group

Here's Martin and Mary Jane; Joyce; Mike, Fiona, Steve, Debbie, Bill; and Bill and Nancy.

 

Jane and I are enjoying every day of our tour again as we sift through our photos.

 

Wishing you all the best!

Arnaud is back from Greece

Hello Everyone. I just got back from my fabulous trip to Greece, and I am extremely happy to get news from all of you. Thanks again for sharing this blog with me. I do apologize for all the spam which got there while I was away, and I did remove everything. Thanks for not sharing emails directly on this page, as this can also generate spam to your mail adresses as well. I am going to check the security level in order not to get this kind of inconvenience once more. All the best to all of you. Cheers. Arnaud

Group Photo at Bourges

Hi Carol, you are the best. Thanks so much.
Donnie Daugherty

From Carol Santos :
Bonjour,
Here are the group pictures. To view more pictures from the trip go to http://www.sfphotosafari.com
Hit the Galleries tab, then travel, then Paris and the Heart of France. The full slide show takes about 20 minutes (can pic slow, medium or fast in the upper left corner). Pour yourself a glass of nice French wine, listen to some great music and remember the trip. Enjoy and the best to all! Carol

Greetings: This is a test run to see if I entered all of the email addresses correctly. Does anyone have Stuart and Margie's email address. If so, will you please forward it to me?
Hope every arrived home with no mishaps.
Martin and Mary Jane Eustace

"Then and Now" - Part II from John & Jane Vanko

Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty

 

Rainy weather in June 1966 kept me from taking very many pictures. 

 

Excellent weather in July 2010, and a digital camera, meant hundreds of photo.

 

John & Jane

Here are the rest of our specialty guides

Above are Elizabeth at the Louvre, Barbara in Bourges, and our guide at Mont Saint Michel.  He spoke 7 languages!  I didn't catch his name, can anyone help?

 

See below for Elwood in Normandy, also our guide at Guedelon (sorry I didn't get his name, can anyone help?), and of course the incomparable Arnaud.

 

Jane & John

Our group FRH 070910

"Then and now" - Part I from John & Jane Vanko

Plenty of free time on Rick Steve's Tours to explore on your own.  Here are two photos taken from Hotel Lutetia, looking up Boulevard Raspail; from the 6th floor balcony above the then entrance during my last visit to Paris in 1966; and from ground level in front of the old entrance, in 2010. 

 

John & Jane Vanko ( j_vankoATverizonDOTnet      and         jane_vankoATverizonDOTnet        replace AT with @ and DOT with .)

 

P.S. - I misspelled Bourges below.  Excuse moi!

Oops! - here's Giverny plus more

Here's Giverny (lily pond where Monet painted his masterpieces), Elwood at Omaha Beach, the petit Statue of Liberty on the Seine, more Egyptian heiroglyphs in the Louvre, American Cemetery at Normandy - not in that order.