I am officially a senior

Yesterday I turned 60, so now I am not just a retired baby-boomer, but a valued senior as well. Thanks to everyone who sent me greetings and wishes.  Its lovely to hear from so many people and I know you all wish you were here with me!
I had a lovely day in Villard de Lans, the French alpine village where we have a home exchange for the next two weeks.  This is a magical spot, high in the mountains, and surrounded by pasture and forest.  We have done several easy walks/rambles and tomorrow plan to tackle something more difficult.  Alan has some bike rides planned as well.
Today - 14 August, is the day before Liberation of this area in WWII.  Sadly, on this day in 1944, 16 people from this village were executed by Nazi troops near Grenoble.  This was a place where lots of resistance fighters lost their lives but this was a particularly awful act, and today there was a little dignified ceremony in the village at 7.30pm which we attended.  Tomorrow is a public holiday.

Last night we dined in the Hotel du Golf in a neighbouring village of Correncon.  This had been organised for us by our home exchange hosts and they certainly picked a beautiful restaurant with such tasty and well presented food.  We all enjoyed our meals. As you can see above, I got a sparkler in my dessert of mixed berries and meringue - delicious!