The Suitcase Kids

Friday, May 24, 2013

Veronica’s Model in Grimaud...

As Veronica gets more into photography, Ashlynn gets recruited more and more to be her model. There were lots of spots in Grimaud for nice photos.

Geocaching in Grimaud...

After investigating all around this 17th century wheat windmill (renovated in 1990), we expanded our search for the cache.

Jimmy finally located it on the hill below the back of the windmill after noticing this suspicious rock.

On Wednesday, we headed into the mountain town of Grimaud, named for the infamous Grimaldi family of Monaco. After lunch at the same creperie that we ate with Terri and Lauren back in 2009, we went up the hill to the ruins of the 15th century chateau (rebuilt on the site of the original 11th century chateau) which was torn down in the 17th century.

It’s great that Veronica’s into photography and Jimmy and I finally get some photos together.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Beach Fun in St. Tropez...

Ashlynn did a good deed by fetching this bag out of the Mediterranean.

Then she had fun playing fetch in the water with this funny little dog. Afterwards, we walked up to the fort on the top of the hill only to discover that it was closed for renovations. We found an Italian restaurant with a terrace for lunch, then had some gelato before heading back to the ferry.

St. Tropez...

The next day we caught a ferry over to St. Tropez. We started with a visit to their market, which was much larger and varied than the market in Port Grimaud. We were happy to find lace dresses for us girls for our 20th wedding anniversary celebration this summer.

After shopping, we wandered by the port.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Orca Photo Ops...

Our tour ended with this special photo op. We were told to kneel and not to turn around and then this orca was commanded to go behind us. We later found out that he was an old whale with no teeth.