Today was our last full day in the Loire Valley. In addition to packing up for the next leg of our journey, we were invited out to Sylvie and Olivier's home for an afternoon of socializing and a surprise. (47°55'01.0"N, 2°23'23.9"E)
When we arrived we were ushered into a yurt-like, octagonal wooden structure in the back garden with a warm fire burning in the central barbeque that vented smoke out a central hole in the conical roof. It was quite cosy and warm in there and we spent a delightful afternoon having lunch with their son, Tristan, neighbouring friends Claude and Jerome, and Johann a student from Sweden. Sylvie and Tristan barbequed veal, chicken and sausages over the fire and we had a great meal and much conversation.
The surprise was after lunch when all but Sylvie and Olivier left to get it. Sometime later we made our way out to the road and saw a horse drawn carriage coming down the road, driven by Jerome, with Claude, Tristan and Johann riding. When they arrived, Claude got off and Cindy and I got on for a ride into the Forêt d'Orléans where we saw an osprey (barbuzard) nesting high atop a pine tree.
This last photo from the Loire is of Cindy and I with Sylvie and Olivier at their beautiful home in the forest. Á bientôt!
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