Our first Christmas in Normandy was a peaceful revelation. All the towns and villages are twinkling with lights and decorations making even the shortest drive a bit of a show. Everyone meets up on Christmas Eve for dinner - seafood is popular - and the restaurants are packed. This leaves Christmas
Anniversaires
Annual holidays and celebrations
Meilleurs souveniers this Valentine’s day
'Meilleurs souveniers' ... fond memories, writes Adrien to Leonie on this card in 1903. Which one is Adrien? The fortunate delivery boy or the disapproving observer? We will never know if Leonie appreciated Adrien's message when it arrived on a postcard for everyone to see, and hope her memories were also filled with affection. Joyeuse Saint Valentin! With
Happy New Year 2016 from Normandy!
Hidden heritage and Seasons Greetings from Normandy
We are particularly fond of this vintage postcard as it is the only one we have every seen with a snowy Normandy scene. It is a picture of Chapelle Saint-Vincent in Launay, probably on a Christmas Eve many years ago. Somehow we tracked the nameless chapel down to Launay, near Ernemont-la-Villette, down
A hello and a handshake, for Armistice day
War was declared between France and Germany on 3 August 1914. Our vintage postcard is dated 14 October 1914 and was sent by Raymond Langlois of Vernon in the Eure Normandy, to his friend M. Victor of Saint-Cyr-du-Vaudreuil, 30km away. M. Victor had been injured just two months into the 'Great War'. The