Grow Your Blog Party 2015 - la vie en Normandie

"Come party with us at the 3rd annual meet & greet blog party

 hosted by the delightful Miss Vicki @ 2 Bags Full"

Click here to see the full list of party goers!

Are you looking to expand your network of blogger friends,

 meet new people; travel to new places; discover new ideas and pastimes?

Are you sitting comfortably?

Then I'll begin........

First of all let me introduce myself to anyone visiting Normandy Life for the first time.

 My name is Maggie (that's me on the sidebar over on the right)
and I live here in rural Normandy, France with my husband (we've been married an awfully long time). 

On my blog I refer to him as "the Senior Partner or SP for short" 

simply because he's older than me!

We share our home with a beautiful, 4 year old, GSD - M'selle Fleur.

My first blog post saw the light of day 24/04/ 2008.

 Just words, no photos!

It was about the new vegetable garden that I was planning to start,

 it received 2 comments - both from friends of mine keen to show their support of my new ventures:

 creating a blog and creating a "potager".

Fast forward to now.

I've written almost 550 posts; the blog to date has had 226,148 page views.

 I'm thrilled to say that I have over 370 followers from around the world

 and it was one of those followers, a lady called Cheryl, who gave me the idea for today's post.

Cheryl emailed me recently to say that she and her husband would be visiting the UK later this year.

She also mentioned that they hoped to be able to make time to cross 

the English Channel and visit the WWII landing beaches.

She asked if I would be willing to answer their questions and I readily agreed.

 I always love to share our little corner of France with visitors,

 whether they come to le Presbytere as guests or arrive via cyberspace - it is my raison d'etre!

There is so much more to see and experience in the region
besides the D Day landing beaches and war cemeteries.

The city of Bayeux boasts the Cathedrale de Notre Dame which dates back to the 11th century.
Bayeux has many museums, my favourite is the Bayeux Tapestry Museum,
 a UNESCO World heritage site.
 If my visitors only have a short time to spend in the area the Catherdral and the Tapestry are the "must do" places to visit besides the landing beaches.

Sunday morning market @ Port en Bessin, Calvados region of Normandy and one of our favourites.

Each and every day of the week there are markets held in small towns and villages throughout Normandy, too many to mention but click here and you'll find a comprehensive list.

Normandy has long been a favourite destination for horse lovers,
click here for information on trekking holidays.

 So, I've gathered together some photographs of what Normandy means to me and scattered them throughout the post.

If you're already a follower you may have seen some of them before,

 to those who just might begin to follow me after visiting from the

 Grow Your Blog Party 2015,
I hope they might tempt you to come visit again soon, enjoy!