At the tender age of 17, I made my first trip abroad, thanks to the generosity of my aunt Leah and uncle Marvin. I signed up for a 9-week study tour and spent 6 of those weeks with a host family outside of Rouen, in Normandy. Jacques and Nicole were about 10 years older than I was and had two little children: Frédérique, 4, and Benoît, 1. We became great friends that summer, and we have stayed in touch ever since. Jacques and Nicole have visited us in the US, and I have visited them in France; but this was Christoforos' first opportunity to see them on their home turf.
We got up early and took a train from the Gare St. Lazare. They met us at the station and we proceeded to pack into one day enough memories to last a lifetime!
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| Ch in front of La Couronne, the oldest inn in France (Place du Vieux Marché) |
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| Place du Vieux Marché, Rouen (This is where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.) |
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| Rouen street |
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| Fountain |
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| Me with Jacques and Nicole, 40+ years after our first summer together |
More from our day in Rouen later.
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