Monique on Pender Island....her very favourite local place.
Of course there is another place that is very dear to her heart and that is France. We've had many good times with Monique and her family in France and thank you for introducing us to all the following things we enjoy so much!
Raclette
Moules-Frites
Bandol
Gambas of Bandol
Pastis
Bouillibaise
Hotel Splendid on the Renecros Beach in Bandol
This is not my photo as I couldn't seem to find a good one in my iPhoto library but of course the wonderful thing about the internet and keeping a blog is that I could do a Google Image search which not only brought up this photo but also two old photos of my own that were taken in 1976 on slides that I had converted to photos and that I scanned for a blog post at some point. So, quality not good but the memories remain the same.
We knew Monique from Victoria but we met up with her in Bandol that year at the Splendid and met her parents, Robert and Jacqueline, for the first time who both overwhelmed us with their charm and gentillesse.