Monday, September 15, 2008

FELLOWSHIP, BIKING AND COWS

Yesterday at church we celebrated the new school year and all the children returning to church. This summer there were only about 25 people each Sunday but yesterday there were close to 70. The church is very small so the whole church was filled. It was great to see that there are kids Meghan's age; she won't have to sit by mom and dad now in church.
Dave is having a conversation with one of the men in the church. It turns out he's a doctor and is very familiar with Hiill-Rom beds. He even asked " Are there other beds besides Hill-Rom? Dave was happy to hear that question.
Two of the young teens at church are enjoying the treats everyone brought to share. They are eating Nutella chocolate and brioche bread. Dave likes to eat it right out of the jar and Meghan makes her crepes with Nutella. I prefer the real chocolate!
As we left church and stopping at one of the few bakeries (boulangerie) open on Sunday, we saw one of the employees taking this materpiece to the customer's car. I asked if I could take a picture and she seemed to enjoy showing off this beautiful pastry/cake. Bapteme is the French word for baptism or christening. As you can see, the French really know how to do their pastries with style.
After a quick lunch at home we headed east of Vannes to a rail trail that goes for 50k on a paved surface which is great for biking, walking or roller blading. Thanks to our friend Claire from church for recommending this trail. Dave was patient in riding slow and giving Meghan some pointers on shifting. She really seems to enjoy riding her new bike. Hoping she will still ride with us on the triple. We rode about 30k seeing cows, farm lands, sheep and deer. The farm smells brought back wonderful memories of my grandparent's farm in St. Nicholas.
These cows decided to pose for the camera! Each region of France is known for it's type of cow. Does anyone know what kind of cows these are? I'm just curious.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

In the US white cattle are "charlaois"--my spelling may be off, but that is a French sounding name to me, so maybe it is the same breed or related breed.
I am really enjoying the pictures, but especially the flowers!
Shoe Queen

Anonymous said...

They are bovine cows! One of them has a wig, if you will look closely. If you put lipstick on the one on the right - oh, never mind! Vance, Indianapolis