Leslie and Anna Kay in Paris, March 2012

Leslie and Anna Kay in Paris (photo by Alain). 43 years of adventures to catch up on! So much still left to share. Next time we'll have to meet up either in DC or in Pau.

Robin's "Attic" Bedroom

This was my assigned "room" at 68 rue du Château d'Eau. I could be in this room until 10pm, at which time I had to go downstairs to sleep in Madame Ducruc's salon. Notice the obligatory impressionist artwork on the wall. I still have that Larousse Dictionary. The storage for clothes was a single armoire barely seen in the left of the photo. There is a sink to the right. My journals state that Gayle and Ginger would come up to brush their teeth, since the only other place to do that downstairs on their floor was a sink in Madame's tiny kitchen. I had a hot plate, too! On the right side of the room there are some big windows that I could reach to open. In the winter, I could buy yogurt and set it outside to keep cold.

The Debayle Family

This is me (on the right) with the kids from the Debayle family, who lived at 10 Cours de Gourgue, near L'Esplanade des Quinconces (or as they called it, L'Esplanade des Quinze Cons). From the left is Philippe, Françoise, and Gérard Debayle.

According to my memory, journal entries, and letters home, I spent nearly all my free time with them and their friends beginning in January, after the winter break.

This photo was taken during the Easter break near Biarritz, where the family had a villa. Gérard loved to hike and, in subsequent years, would organize trekking expeditions to China, Afghanistan, and Tibet. Alas, I have lost touch with them, much to my regret.

Bois de Boulogne

Leslie, Anna Kay, & Linda

Toujours nos amies

AK brings fudge to France...

Yves, Eli, Michael, & Dennis (Arcachon)

Paula's 21st Birthday (Pau)

Candi, ?, Jean Pierre, et Suzanne (Genève)

Well, someone was enjoying the concert!

Nos amis vietnamiens à Bordeaux

Dennis and Elyse, Dorm room

Gueye, un de nos copains, in his boubou

What were Dennis Nadale, Marcia Wooster and ?? doing?

Version 2 of Group Photo

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This is a slightly different take of the group photo. The main differences are that Holly and Judy are looking out in this photo rather than at each other. Carol Wahl removed her glasses, and Judy Bloom is laughing. Can you find more differences?

Toujours au Mans: Candi, Robert, AK, Paula (Burtis), Jean-Pierre...Alain, Pierre et Jean-Pierre de

 

En route for Les 24 h du Mans... We slept "rough", à la belle étoile, next to the cars, two nights on the way in the woods, one night sur le circuit, and one night coming back, in a clover field.  Picnic lunch on Day-2 in the woods somewhere between Montguyon and Montendre. 

 

Was I the only one who thought to bring an umbrella to France? 

We went in 2 cars: Alain and Pierre's 4 CV and their parents' 4L

Top to bottom: Paula Burtis, Anna Kay Ross, Alain Bourg, Robert Dahlstet, Jean-Pierre de Barbeyrac de St Maurice, Pierre Bourg, Jean-Pierre le noir (John Dennis)

The start of something big!

The start of something else big!

Picnic... in the woods again, the next day on the way back to Pau. Just the four of us, AK, Alain, Candi and Robert.  The other car had gone on ahead.  

I'm not sure, but I think both Candi and I are holding bottles of vin ordinaire (1 F le litre)

Des jeunes au Mans 1968

AK and Alain will remember this...

Hector et Robert... mais où ?

Villa Formose 1968

Robin, Jean-Pierre, Del

What a heartbreaking bit of news about Jean-Pierre. It seems like everyone has a picture of him in their files, too. He made an impression on all of us.

So, here we are on one of our excursions. This was taken at Le Col de Roncevaux.

Robin Creighton, Jean Pierre Dennis, and Del Zettelberg.

Helene Neu & Robin Creighton Genat

Helene and I had hitch hiked to San Sebastian, Spain, for a few days, as I recall. Two swarthy Spaniards had picked up the two California virgins stupid enough to get into the car. We remember this trip, in part, for the speed with which we expertly exited the vehicle before it had come to a complete stop. So here we are, safe and sound, at a café with this great view.

Gayle Likens and Ginger Burns

It appears as though I mailed this to someone with lines drawn out to the margins to identify by name what seem to me now to be perfectly clear: wine, cheese, pastries, bread, apple. I did not get permission from the subjects to publish this photo.