Back in Blois – De retour à Blois

It’s always great to be home even if we had a most enjoyable holiday discovering Denmark and new places in Germany! The photo is taken from the Bishop’s garden in Blois overlooking the rose garden which has survived the drought surprisingly well and the Loire River in the distance. On est toujours content de rentrer …

CDP Theme Day – Blue : Bleu

This month’s City Daily Photo theme is blue, so here we have blue sky and blue water – the Loire – during the last day of an unusual heatwave with temperatures well into the thirties every day. Today we are back to normal! The skyline is Blois with the castle and church of Saint Nicolas on …

The Eiffel Bridge – Le pont Eiffel

This is a canal bridge built by Gustave Eiffel over the Loire River in Briare that is used for pleasure boats today. We cycled across it 4 times on Sunday! The second photo was taken at one end. Il s’agit d’un pont canal construit par Gustave Eiffel sur la Loire à Briare, quelques kilomètres de …