memories

first time in france (1977)

my dad started scanning a lot of old photos. here's one. this is me (in the red dress) and my sister enjoying the atlantic ocean in france, at la rochelle to be exactly. first time we went abroad by car. we stayed a week and had a great time. i remember the little crabs lying in the gutter, and wondered how they got up there the sea was not even close. i remember the tent we slept in and the one day it only rained and my father made some construction with the 'achterklep' of the car and the tent so we had more space. i ate my first croissant. i bought my first souvenir super 'kitsch': it was an elephant made by tiny shells (a year or two later i saw exactly the same at texel.... duh)