Shortly before our ski week, we had a visit from my friend Chantal and her grandson Paul. I had made another black & white cheesecake. It had been 1 1/2 years since I had seen Chantal. Sadly, her husband Michel died last summer of mouth cancer and so her life since the last time we saw them (Michel did not know he was ill when we saw them) has been in quite a state of upheaval.
I met Chantal in 2001, when I was a chaperone for a middle school trip (DC school where I did some student teaching) in the northern city of Amiens - she was the school nurse at the exchange school. We met one evening during that stay at a dinner, and discovered we were both from families of 11 children. She has a place in nearby Antibes - and so we have stayed in contact.
Michel was Chantal's 2nd husband. She was widowed as a young mother of 3 children when her 1st husband died suddenly at the age of 32. In short, she's been thru a lot and we were so happy to be able to make her a nice meal and spend the day with her and Paul (whom I met 12 years ago when he was a baby!)
Meanwhile - finally downloaded photos from my camera. All the other photos on this blog from that ski week were all taken with my iPhone!
Our chalet was called "The Red Shutters". Now you know why!
Snow. So much fun! Below - our driveway.
Estelle on Sunday, before she knew she'd become a ski bunny.
What a great time we had in this chalet. Those top shuttered windows was the girls' room. Below, Guy & Andrée, and upstairs on the other side, Thomas & I - our view every morning of the mountains was spectacular!
