On Monday Sept 10, we took:209 Bus Mortlake to Hammersmith
Tube to Baker St
Coach to Stanstead Airport
Ryan Air to Nantes
Airport Bus to Nantes Train Station,
Train to Challans, and finally
car to Baudy!
And here we are, in the cradle of my paternal family, the house my great-grandfather built in 1906.
It was the first time I had slept there since many happy childhood holidays, spent roaming country roads, daydreaming in fields of poppies and cornflowers, relishing my Pappy's cooking, milk, cream, butter and eggs from Ademe across the road. I even recalled the smell of Pappy's post-meal cigarillos...
This time Taty Janine, the last of Dad's generation, was our host. We ate her wonderful cooking in the same dining room, slept in a very antique bed in a room where generations have slept. A bit of gardening, more great meals, walks to the village of Apremont, to the cemetery to water flowers on family graves, then time to leave for our next destination!
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