Simon’s Party (August 21st – later that night)

The main reason I made the trip was to attend a friend’s 40^th birthday.  Simon is a Brit that moved to France with his family and we all like to get together from time to time to do ride-outs into the Normandy country side. 

Simon and his wife spent a lot of prep work in setting up for the party and many friends and local Normandy residents attended the party.  The French people in Normandy have a very friendly relationship to Americans and Brits since they were liberated from German occupation in WWII.  American and British flags fly every where in Normandy right along side the French flag and we are made to feel very welcome.

There was a lot of food but the lamb was prepared by an expert local to the community.

Here it is on the spit.

The band was excellent and played all night.

Here is Simon greeting some of the guests.  The traditional French greeting is customary for all.

Here is a picture of almost the entire group gathered at the tables.  I left around 1:00 am and things were just getting started.  I had not driven my NT700 in the dark before and I had 17 miles to go on narrow, very dark back roads to my hotel.  It was eary but exhilarating.

Simon has two sons and a daughter and while Archy and Conor were out playing with the rest of the kids, Emily was the belle of the ball.  She was having a good time and never fell asleep.

So, that was an excellent three day trip spent in Normandy and I encourage all to visit France one day and enjoy the sites and friendship in the Normandy area.