27 June 2018 Crouttes sur Marne

IMG 2520  First stop the cemetery with Mimi duly noted IMG 2521  maintaining the flowers IMG 8852  watering them IMG 8853
IMG 2525  eviction notices on tombs IMG 2526  the village church and yard IMG 8855  view from the cemetery over the Marne valley IMG 8856  group
IMG 8861  poppy in the wheat IMG 8863 IMG 8864  wheat IMG 8865  landscape
IMG 8867  viewpoint IMG 8868 IMG 8871  the larger town IMG 2527  Stuff
IMG 8872  from the hillside IMG 8873 IMG 8875  windfarm IMG 8877
IMG 8886  the sound IMG 8876  kinetic sculpture IMG 8880 IMG 8882  visiting
IMG 8883 IMG 8884  explanation IMG 8885 IMG 8887  over potatoes
IMG 8888  self-explanatory IMG 8889  old church IMG 8890  old house IMG 2530  tourists
IMG 8891  fables IMG 8893  a public restroom IMG 8894  California poppy IMG 2533  some tree-trimming back at the house
IMG 2534  fish lunch IMG 2538  back out under the pagoda tree IMG 2540 IMG 8895  where we are
IMG 2542  along the sun-scoured streets IMG 2544  to the champagne tasting room IMG 8896  what I liked IMG 8897  into the caves
IMG 8898  bottles turned to collected residue IMG 8899  aging in the bottle IMG 8900 IMG 8901  dégorgement
IMG 8902  corks IMG 8903  blanks IMG 8904  cuves IMG 2547  view from the room
IMG 8906  Denis and Annick appear for apéro