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This is more of our walk in Beuzeville. It's the main drag and one of the streets off of it. The parking lot with the flags is where the market is held every Tuesday. Town's not too big, but it's got its charm, four bakeries, and about six restaraunts.
This is the small town we're closest to. It's about three miles from the chateau. It's a very pretty town and has a lot of services, including about ten restaurants. The plaque in the top and second pictures is on the church and is a visible reminder of World War 2. There are a lot of such reminders - the town's graveyard has several Union Jacks still flying, and the commonwealth war graves are still tended. 
These are posted, not because I went to LeMans, but because my husband, a coworker, and my son did. They went for the qualifying trials on Sunday and I stayed home and stitched. I decided maybe someone's interested in racing and besides, he wanted to show off pictures to my daughter still in the States, so here they are. He goes back weekend after next for the 24 Hours of LeMans with my son. I expect I'll post more pictures of it then.
I'm temporarily out of pictures, but will have new ones, including stitching, on Friday.
Pont Audemer is the nearest town of any real size to us. We went there after Deauville on Saturday. The top picture is of the stitch shop I found just off the square with the church of St. Ouen. It not only has cross stitch supplies, but needlepoint and quilting. It's really unusual to find quilting supplies in France. The owners spoke English, too! Anyway, I bought a few things and will take pictures of them on Friday. I'll definitely be going back there next week, too. The second picture is of the church. I loved the idea of begonias growing out of the walls. There are supposedly some really pretty stained glass windows inside, but we didn't go in this trip.
The last three pictures are of the area around one of the main squares. It was a busy day and we ate lunch in one of the creperies opposite the church.
I'm kind of sad to see the end of this round robin. It was great seeing what everyone else did and such. But it's gone now, and I might have to think of signing up for it again. I had a really hard time finding a calendula pattern and finally found one in a leaflet of birthday mugs from Leisure Arts. The piece is in the mail and Yveline should get it in the next couple of days.
On Saturday, we went to one of my favorite places - Deauville. The market there is large and always has great stuff. These are pictures of the market and of the square that the market is off of. If you get a chance to go to Normandy, Deauville is worth a stop. It's a great town - has a lot of shops and cafes, a casino, a beach, and a horse track.
I titled this more for the alliteration than the feeling of having to work hard on this piece. I think it's coming along nicely. Worked on it yesterday while my husband and son were at LeMans for the day. I'm getting more used to thinking of things in the reversible way, though the variegated thread makes it much harder when I use it. Everything has to be short! For that reason, it's much better for areas where you can work in branching motifs and then move on a bit.
