The Loire Valley and especially Blois
We finally went to the sound & light show at Blois Castle. We were a little disappointed overall but I particularly liked this sequence concerning Joan of Arc departing for Orléans after being made a warlord. Nous sommes enfin allés voir le son et lumière au château de Blois. Nous étions un peu déçus dans …
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Blois once had a very complex system of fountains. In front of Saint-Nicolas church can be seen a fountain built into the wall of the cloisters of the old Saint-Laumer Abbey. Foix or Saint-Laumer Fountain was the only one not supplied by the Gouffre, a reservoir gouged out of rock to which a 529-metre long aqueduct …
This really is my favourite view of Blois. I can never resist taking another photo! C’est vraiment ma vue préférée de Blois. Je ne résiste jamais une occasion pour la prendre en photo !
This is my favourite view of Blois and until a couple of days ago, I used it as my header. The spires on the left are the church of Saint Nicolas, with Blois Royal Castle and Tour du Foix in the middle of the photo and the Loire in the foreground. For other contributions to …
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I’ve been back in Blois since Sunday but it’s taken me three days to take a photo of Blois and the Loire! Je suis rentrée à Blois dimanche mais il m’a fallu trois jours pour prendre un photo de Blois et la Loire !
As soon as I saw the title of this month’s theme day, I knew which photo I wanted to take even though I’ve already published it on these pages. However, I did go into Blois in the evening especially to take a “recent” shot. Called a cygne transpercé, this emblem was used by both Louise of Savoy and …
I’ve already seen these golden dragons at the windows of the House of Magic in Blois and thought they were very lame, but seeing the little boy on the right clutching his grandfather’s house made me think they are probably frightening to a small child. J’ai déjà vu ces dragons dorés aux fenêtres de la …
Riquiqui in French means small and stingy and I think that the new square next to Gabriel Bridge in Blois is exactly that. I can’t see why they have gone to such expense for so little … Riquiqui est ce qui vient à l’esprit lorsqu’on voit lelnouvel aménagement en face du pont Gabriel à Blois. …
This photo was taken in Vienne, on the other side of the Loire from Blois Castle, just next to the allotments most of which are still underwater three weeks after the floods in the Loire Valley. Cette photo est prise à Vienne sur la rive gauche de la Loire à Blois, à côté des jardins …
We didn’t have cheese at L’Orangerie in Blois last night, but it looked like a very nice platter! Nous n’avons pas pris de fromage à l’Orangeria à Blois hier soir mais le plateau semblait très sympathique.