Traveling Puffins » Neutchateau http://www.travelingpuffins.com The adventures of two puffins Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:11:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 France family and friends http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/06/25/france-family-and-friends/ http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/06/25/france-family-and-friends/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:57:18 +0000 Tina http://www.travelingpuffins.com/?p=688 We spent a wonderful month together eating, drinking, and spending time with family and friends.  Sebastien’s village, Liffol-le-Grand and Neufchateau were quaint and relaxing.  I was able to experience true french culture from how they celebrate baptisms to a Thursday evening get together with friends. Mostly we eat a lot of different meat and cheese and drank bottles and bottles of wine.

My new Nikon coolpix camera captured the memories.  Hope you can tell the difference.  

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Down in grandpa’s cellar.  Grandpa has hundreds of different wines in this cellar.  The oldest one dating back to 1959.  

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Sebastien and his beautiful mother.  

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Playing some Rummikub with grandma.  A universal game for card players all over the world.    

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Seb’s dad beat him several times without even trying… 

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The beautiful perfume flower fields of France!  

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Early in the evening with friends Ingrid and Danto.  That evening ended for the French around 5 am with the American in bed around 12am.    

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