The Loire Valley and especially Blois
arde You may remember the allotments on the Rhine two years ago. These allotments in Bavaria are very much in keeping with the neatness and care of the rest of the region. Vous vous rappelez peut-être les jardin ouvriers sur le Rhin il y a deux ans. Ces jardins en Bavière correspondent tout à fait …
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The photo does not do justice to the stunning scenery we cycled past today on our way from Lechbruck to Fussen around the Forggensee Lake in Bavaria. It was quite stunning. La photo n’est qu’un pâle reflet des paysages dans lesquels nous avons fait du vélo aujourd’hui, entre Lechbruck et Fussen autour du lac Forggensee …
The Rottenbuch Abbey in Bavaria (above) is one of the best examples of German baroque while Wies is one of its finest examples of rococo.. Rococo or “Late Baroque”, developed in the early 18th century in Paris as a reaction against the grandeur, symmetry, and strict rules of the Baroque, especially of the Palace of Versailles. The style of rococo …
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I do not always remember the places I’ve been but I remember everything that I saw in Innsbruck five years ago and in particular the Golden Roof in the Old Town, completed in 1500 and decorated with 2,738 fire-gilded copper tiles for Emperor Maximilian I to mark his wedding to Bianca Maria Sforza. The Emperor and his …
This cemetary is in the tiny village of Gudon not far from the Austrian border where we stopped for a picnic lunch. Ce cimetière est dans le petit village de Gudon pas loin de la frontière autrichienne où nous avons fait un picnic à midi.
TSanta Maria della Croce is a basilica on the outskirts of Crema in Lombardy built in the Lombard Renaissance style where an apparition of the Virgin Mary is said to have helped Caterina degli Uberti, a woman from Crema fatally wounded by her husband on 3 April 1490 (he cut off her hand and part of her arm …
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Cervo was a well-earned rest at the top of a hill cycling along the Ligurian Coast east of Imperia. It was full of little streets like this one. On a bien mérité le repos à Cervo qui se trouvait en haut d’une colline sur la côté ligurienne à l’est de la ville d’Imperia. Il y avait plein …
Practically every inch of an Italian beach is taken up with deck chairs and beach umbrellas that are rented out to users at various price according to the location. From time to time, you do find a public beach but it’s always small. In the photo below, you can see a public beach in the …
It took 45 excruciating minutes of narrow roads and hairpin bends to get up to this B&B in Liguria in Italy yesterday. By the time we got there, the top of the mountain was covered in mist and we couldn’t see a thing. But this morning, the sun came out and it was worth it! …
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I just love this avenue of oleanders with its date palms in Saint Laurent du Var just outside Nice. Italy tomorrow! J’adore cette avenue de lauriers avec ses palmiers à Saint Laurent du Var à côté de Nice. L’Italie demain!