The Loire Valley and especially Blois
Today, we took the Ocean Road walking path from Korora Bay to Digger Beach, north of Coffs Harbour and found ourselves on this incredible walkway. If a man in a nearby house had not called out to us to take the staircase, we would never have imagined we could! Aujourd’hui nous avons emprunté le sentier pédestre de …
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This kookaburra was sitting on the fence while we were having our coffee this morning in Coff’s Harbour while the galahs were at the feeder in the tree a little further down. Ce kookaburra trônait sur la clôture ce matin pendant que nous prenions notre café ce matin à Coff’s Harbour pendant que les galahs se …
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I love this mobile coffee and snack van we saw at the Armidale farmers’ market. J’adore ce vendeur mobile de café que nous avons vu au marché d’Armidale.
This lovely old house has been built in several stages starting with the central part in the 1880s. The colour of the bricks is always a clue to the construction date. The beautiful garden laid out in front is still magnificent. It has had several owners including a mail contractor who built the stables below …
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Armidale on the New England Tableland, is a lovely university town of 20,000 people where constructions cannot be more than 2 stories high (ground + 2). This is a newly constructed house in a beautiful wooded setting that blends in perfectly with the rest of the local architecture. Armidale, qui se trouve sur le plâteau …
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Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010 . It was a convict penal settlement from 1839 to 1869 and one of Austalia’s biggest shipyards, operating between 1857 and 1991 with the first of its two dry docks built by convicts. L’île de Cockatoo dans la baie de Sydney …
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After the Harbour Bridge yesterday, here is Sydney’s second icon – the Opera House. Après le pont “Harbour” ici, voici le deuxième icône de Sydney : l’Opéra.
Our first few days in Sydney have been busy catching up with family and friends but today we played the tourists and walked from The Rocks to the Opera House and up into the Domain. Feels good to be in one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Nos premiers jours à Sydney se sont passés …
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Jama Masjid (great mosque), the biggest in India, was built in 1650 in the middle of Old Delhi and can welcome 25,000 people in front of the main building. The three domes made of white marble striated with black offer a striking contrast with the pink sandstone of the rest of the mosque.. La Jama Masjid (grande mosqué), …
I was so busy packing yesterday that I didn’t have time to post. I thought these sheep and lambs would be a good transition between the Loire Valley and our 6-week holiday in Australia and India. From now on, I’ll be publishing postcards of our travels. This photo was taken just next to Blois. J’étais tellement occupée …