Crest, France Day 1 - Friends, Food, a Walk-About, and a Concert

We arrived in Valence around noon and had to go to the ticket counter since the conductor said we needed to have a stamp on the tickets... we could have been fined, but Di played the dumb tourist and we got a reprieve.

Christian met us at the train station and drove us back to their beautiful home in Crest.  

After arriving, a look at the back courtyard and our room, and meeting the kitties, Edwige served us the first of many fabulous meals.   



 

This lunch was a regional favorite; Guinea Hen with potatoes and bacon. Wow, was it tasty! 



 



We did a bit of unpacking and Edwige took us on a tour of the village of Crest.  


We did not go up to the tower, but we certainly got to some spectacular heights!  We will have to return to do the proper Tower Tour as we never had the time during the rest of our stay.  



 

There are many artists and art Exhibitions in the town throughout this region of France.  Edwige was a curator/director for many years and knows all of the artists so we were welcomed. 


There is an annual Jazz Festival in Crest during this time and some of the artists were performing along the streets. 

This is also the time when a local choral group gives concerts in the evenings.  It was in a very old church in Chabrillan.  The director of the chorale group is a famous artist / film maker an she is quite the showman. She had a couple of her team members direct some songs.  This pictures doesn't do them justice, but it was very impressive!