| I've been corresponding with a French man, Michael (with an umlaut over the e, but I can't figure out how to make that on a web page), for about two years, and I finally went to visit him in November. This is his wife Christine and their younger daughter Ophélie. |  |
| This is their older daughter, Clara. |  |
| This mountain is a very visible landmark in the aix-Marseille area, where my friend lives. |  |
| We went walking in a nice park-like area around a local lake. The dam in this picture is the reason the lake is there. |  |
| Christine and Clara looking at the lake from the dam. |  |
| Some horse riders had the same idea we did. |  |
| Here's Micha‘l and Clara. Unfortunately this is the only decent picture I managed to get of him during this trip. |  |
| Clara again, during our walk. |  |
| Again. She's very photogenic. |  |
| Looking out over the area from the trail we were on. The area is much more rugged than Normandy. |  |
| That Sunday we went to a seaside (Mediterranean) town, whose name I forgot, and here it is. |  |
| Another shot of the town whose name I don't remember. |  |
| This statue didn't interest me much until it was pointed out that it's actually a real man, not something made out of marble. It's a statue vivante, and the man here changed positions every few minutes. You can see a thing for giving him money in f |  |
| The statue again. |  |
| Here's a shot out over the town's port. |  |
| The two children together. |  |
