The Woman Who Walked Up a Mountain and Came Down a Hill

Duckling for Cover

The swans before they "scatter wheeling in great broken rings"

Cottage along the Seine in Les Andelys




Walking down the hill into town



View of the white cliffs (No, Dorothy. We're not in Dover.)



Part of the ruins of the Chateau Gaillard, a fortress built in 1196 by Richard the Lion Heart to keep watch on the river Seine and to protect the city of Rouen from the French.

Over-Realmed




I must have forgotten I wasn't in Paris anymore when I hiked to the Chateau. In 90 degree heat I wore black from head to toe - tres chic mais tres stupide. Deborah got a pair of drop earrings made by a local jeweler that resembled the mini-versions of the famous women in Modigliani paintings. A great day in a lovely village, and I got some much-needed exercise, too.