Au revoir Epineuil!

The last few days in Epineuil went by very quickly. Laundry, shopping, packing (oh crap!) and saying goodbyes.

Aunt Basia driving to Carfour (a grocery store).

She runs into people she knows all the time! It cracks me up! Notice the clothing. It rains that day... So they are all dressed for an Arizona winter!

This aisle is the yogurt aisle. Both sides. I always find it rather amazing and amusing.

A month after Bailey sent me a package of things I had forgot and my medication (see earlier post for that snafu) the package finally arrived!

I took some pictures around the house and yard because sometimes it's the little things that mean the most!

This is the front of the house, it is a very typical house in the region. The windows all have shutters and when you open a window you open up to the world. There are no screens on the windows. They have chosen to install electric shutters too so when the house is closed up it is sealed tight!

The back of the house. The little window is the bathroom. To the right of that is the kitchen window.

The back yard and to follow are pictures of the garden.

This is the room I stayed in. This picture was taken outside through the open window.

This is the stairway to the basement. 

The washing machine.

Soap and softener goes in on top. Notice how narrow it is, maybe 18". When you close the basket the machine tumbles vertically. Most washers here have a big tub that swishes laundry around horizontally.

This is the dryer. It also tumbles vertically.

After you dry the load there is a tray you remove and you have to empty the water it extracts from the clothes. I found it weird and I never felt like the clothes ever got really "dry" using this machine. They always seemed to need some air drying to finish the process.

This picture shows you the stairway from inside the basement. It is at quite a pitch and I never got to the point tat I felt confident enough to use the stairs with no hands!

This is the kitchen. Notice the size of the refrigerator! It is so small! They do have a smaller fridge and a freezer in the basement).

This view is from the back of the dining room. You can see the dining table, the living room in the front and the open door on the left is the front entry way.

This last picture is perhaps one of the reasons we now have Gus. This is Uhlan (pronounced ewe-lahn) one of the sweetest, kindest dogs I've ever met. He is a Golden Retreiver and his hair curls around his shoulders in such a way that it makes him look like a king. He is old now and his hips don't work very well. 

This was by far the hardest goodbye I had to say in Epineuil.

Au revoir Epineuil-le-Fleurial.