update 27 July 2008 Rouen, France

27 July 2008

This weekend we went to see a French movie [Journey to the Center of the Earth] on Friday afternoon [with the school], went to the town of Dieppe on the sea shore on Saturday [an all day trip (there and back by train)]. Dieppe is a very pretty town on the beach. It is the nearest beach to Paris so it was somewhat crowded. We took a promenade by sight seeing boat--out to sea and back. also took a sightseeing ride around town on a little train. Had a wonderful seafood lunch at a highly recommended restaurant in town. Dieppe is a major fishing port so all the seafood is Very fresh. The wives of the men on the smaller fishing boats sell last night's catch at stands right outside the tourist office.


We go every Sunday morning to a large outdoor market [called a marche ] and buy wonderful things for next week's meals.

Today we heard that Lonnie's 94 year old mother is ill [she is in a nursing home] so we wait with much concern to hear about her [we hope] recovery.

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27 July 2008

Rouen, France

Greetings from Lonnie and Dee Ann:

In previous years we have sent to family and some friends an email newsletter while we traveled during the summer. Our son, David, has started a blog for his family "doings" and he has inspired us to try the same rather than sending email. Everyone can thus follow our travels, or not, as they wish.

We will try to update more regularly and to put in more of our experiences since should be easy for you to not bother with things that do not interest you.