A young man showing off his snake

The music school in Jugon , performed Sunday night, this little girl sang.

A field of heather

A family from the UK, I met while watching the Rapper.

Fresh water from a spring, flowing into one of the many streams.

Soon they will be ready to pick

Blackberries

Scene across Lake

Saturday night at Baroque

The rapper and his group, they performed at Baroque on Saturday night.

The ducks come close to shore, when you walk up to dam, they are waiting to be fed.

This little guy lives down the block, he waves to me everyday

I see this old guy all around town

Jugon is the town of flowers

Early in the morning, a cat begging by the window.

The post office

The only phone booth in Jugon-les-Lacs, it is outside the post office

I front of the office of the Marie (mayor)

This is the stream that runs behind my apartment, a nice place to sit. A bunch of ducks just went by, but I did not get may camera out soon enough. I saw two small fish make a circle in the bottom of the stream, then they swam around slowly, I think one laid eggs and the other fertilized them.

This man started the charity shop, he has lived here 10 years. The first place he bought was in the apartment where I am staying.

At Fridays street market, this man fixes paella, he starts with cooking the chicken and squid.
It looks good when he is finished

Lady who sells the mussels I buy, only bought 78 of them today. I cooked 76 of them 2 were floaters, I cooked steamed them with white wine, and fresh shallots.

Beautiful flowers behind church built in 16th century

Sandwich I made of sausage, sauerkurt, dijion mustard , on crispy baggette

Girl who works in tourist office, she has been very helpful, she stops in the Baroque bar on ocassion

One of the girls who works in tourist office

Girl delivering mail, she uses a bike, notice in back of her

Crepes I made with fresh apricots

With my new walking stick, everyday at least 2 people ask me directions, I guess I look like I know it all.

This dog is taking a nap, in the middle of the town square.

This bridge is about 200 feet tall, notice the griffiti of large ants climbing up out of a painted hole. I wonder how the did that.

They have these detailed signs of walking path, it even tells how long it should take and difficulty.

Names of French soldiers killed in wars, but notice, one name has been removed, I am trying to find out why.

Memorial to French soldiers from Jugon, killed in both WW I and WWII

Getting ready to install slate roof tiles

all the roofs use natural slate, this is how they attach them

They are remodeling a house, look at the size of those beams , they will reuse them, they are 2x4 on top of them.

Simple sandwich of camebert, fresh tomatoes, and basil

Relaxing under a willow tree a short distance from my apartment

Close up of the wheat field

A field of wheat, this was on my walk to music fest, it was 3 KM from Jugon les Lacs, it was nice walking there, but a difficult walk back, actually I got a ride from someone who stopped when I was about three quarters of the way back.

cooking the pork cutlets

They had this big drum , about 10 feet long, where they started the wood fire, then they took out the burning embers to put on the grill

unpacking the pork cutlets, then spread them with dijion mustard sauce, before grilling

Finished pork cutlets, they were served with pommes frites , also included was pate, ham, camebert cheese, butter, bread apple tar and salad

The pommes frites, they were good, but I can make better

At the music festival, the crepes booth, they had all kinds,some with fruit some with sausage and mustard