Saint-Vincent Cour-sur-Loire

The best place to take a photo of the church of Saint-Vincent at Cour-sur-Loire is on the bike ferry between Cour-sur-Loire and Montlivault, especially if it’s a perfect day! Le meilleur endroit pour prendre une photo de l’église Saint-Vincent à Cour-sur-Loire est depuis le bac qui traverse la Loire entre Cour-sur-Loire et Montlivault.

Bikes on the Loire – Vélos sur la Loire

To our great delight, it is now possible to cross the Loire at Cour-sur-Loire 8 km from Blois and join the cycle route on the other side of the river that goes to Château de Chambord. We tried it out today for the first time. As you  can see, the weather was perfect. It costs 2 …

City Daily Photo Theme Day – Bicycle

The Loire Valley, with the Loire à vélo cycling route, is a popular region with cyclists and part of the Eurovelo 6 route which goes from Saint Nazaire on the Atlantic Coast to the Black Sea, a total of 3653 kilometers, along the Loire, Rhine and Danube Rivers, going through France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, …

The Moon and Feather – Lune et plume

Almost a full moon tonight with our lovely weather vane next to it. The weather vane was made by the previous owner who was a locksmith – hence the key. His wife was a secretary.The full moon is actually on Friday and will be a blue moon, which occurs when there is a second full moon in …

The Fish Trap – Le piège à poisson

We took a long walk along the Loire this monrng,which ended rather wetly, which is a big change from recent weather. Along the way, we saw this old fish trap. Nous nous sommes promené longuement sur le bord de la Loire ce matin avec une pluie à la fin, un grand changement par rapport au temps …

The Magic Way – La route de la magie

I’m in two minds about this. I can understand that the city of Blois wants to attract people to its “House of Magic” Museum in honour of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, the famous French illusionist born in Blois in 1805, but I think it disfigures the steps up to the square in front of the castle. What …

The Octopus Bus Shelter – L'abri bus pieuvre

We’ve driven past this bus shelter several times but always in the late afternoon when the sun was in the wrong direction. This time, it was morning. The town of Saint Laurent Nouan has several similar bus shelters. Nous avons passé cet abri bus plusieurs fois mais c’était toujours l’après-midi lorsque le soleil n’était du …