Week One

So, we've been in France for almost a week now.  Notables from this past week:

• Freezing cold, dry weather
• Chausson aux Pommes
• Tim and Scott crushing boulders left and right
• Livarot

I must admit, this weather is pretty nice for climbing.  Coming earlier, does have some disadvantages, however.  For instance, three nearby bakeries have decided to take their winter vacations at the same time, namely, right now. This is classic:

Here's my crude translation:

Open EVERY DAY from 7:00am to 1:00pm, and 4:00pm to 7:30pm

Sundays from 7:00am to 1:00pm

Closed Wednesday afternoons and Thursdays

(Then a note about their winter vacation).

So the "every day" hours apply for roughly 57% of the days of the week.  I've even started a google calendar to track these things.  The climbing has been fantastic, notable sends being Scott's ascents of Big Dragon and Misericorde, and Tim's flash of L'Arrache Coeur.  Photos have been a bit sparse; today maybe we'll have some more.  In the mean time, here's a link to some that I uploaded to Facebook.

Here's some of the fun wind we've been experiencing:

Xynthia from Ingar Shu on Vimeo.