The kids and I had an adventure with our friends Jacqueline & Philippe Padet as they drove us into a region east of here called Bugey. On the windy foothill road (we aren't far from the Alps), we passed an impressive monument built in the honor of the fallen members of the French Resistance who were never found after World War II. Then, we had a magnificent meal in the town of Cerdon next to an artisanal factory built in 1854 which still handmakes products out of copper... La Cuivrerie de Cerdon. In typical French style, we arrived at the museum for a tour at 11h45 but they were closing for lunch and wouldn't reopen until 14h so we didn't get a tour. Bummer. The food nearby largely made up for it. After lunch, we visited the Grottes de Cerdon, a underground cave galleries formed during the ice-age. The photos speak for themselves.
The icing on the cake was meeting the owner of the Grottes, Francoise St. Julien. We began talking and after learning that our daughters were almost the same age, and she was interested in arranging an exchange to the states for her daughter, Louise. We exchanged addresses and that story will follow later.
The icing on the cake was meeting the owner of the Grottes, Francoise St. Julien. We began talking and after learning that our daughters were almost the same age, and she was interested in arranging an exchange to the states for her daughter, Louise. We exchanged addresses and that story will follow later.
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