The Loire Valley and especially Blois
I know that the photo is not very clear but we were on the other side of a field and I only had my iPhone. The fan is on the back of a man who is about to take off beneath a hang-glider (see below). As there are no high places around, the fan is …
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I was not quite game enough to take a full-on photo of grandad on his tricycle when I went to the neighbouring village of Chouzy-sur-Cisse to buy croissants to share with my fisherman-husband on the Loire. Je ne me suis pas autorisée à prendre une photo de face du pépé sur son tricycle lorsque je suis allée chercher des …
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This is not a garage sale but someone’s surprising private junk collection on the bike route from Onzain to Veuves! Ce n’est pas une brocante mais une collection privée de veilles choses sur l’itinéraire vélo entre Onzain et Veuves !
Seen at the annual May 1 second hand fair at Chambord Castle. Vue à la foire à la brocante annuelle du 1er ai au château de Chambord.
The owners of the Chanteloup Pagoda, have come up with an interesting way of amusing childrern and adults alike – a series of wooden mediaeval games, including skittles, hangman and several brainteasers. Les propriétaires de la pagode de Chanteloup ont trouvé une façon intéressante d’amuser enfants et adultes : une série de jeux en bois …
This blackboard is on a door just down the road from yesterday’s café in Onzain. It says, “You know you’re on the right track when you no longer need to keep looking back”. Well, that’s my interpretation anyway! I wonder how often they change it. Ce tableau noir se trouve sur une porte dans la même rue que le …
We don’t exactly live in the country, but it’s still a good 15 minute walk to the government mail box to post a letter so we have an arrangement with our postman whereby we leave a peg on the box if we have a letter to post. He then uses his skeleton key to open the box …
We came across this little fête on the Eurovelo 6 bike path between Beaugency and Meung sur Loire seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Not many people but it was still early afternoon.. Nous sommes tombés sur cette petite fête sur la piste cyclable de l’Eurovelo 6 entre Beaugency et Meung sur Loire apparamment dans …
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I was amused to see this display in one corner of the bank today, advertising Visa. The French loves their holidays – most people have four weeks in summer and one week in winter. J’étais amusée de voir ce coin pub Visa à la banque aujourd’hui. On connaît bien l’importance des vacances chez les Français.