We went to Tours today for the first time in twelve months. We usually make a day of it during the winter and summer sales but with all the bars and restaurants closed we were in and out in a very short time. The building at the end is the theatre, also closed of course. …
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Lockdown #2 Phase 2 – Day 7 – Reconfinement Phase 2 – Jour 7
We saw this phone delivery truck three times in the space of 15 minutes on our walk this afternoon. Everyone must be buying new phones! Today was Black Friday in France, postponed by a week to enable newly-opened local businesses to participate but I find it hard to imagine there was a same day delivery …
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Lockdown #2 Day 21 – Reconfinement Jour 21
We are having our first cold days here with 1 degree at night and under 10 during the day despite the sun. Gardening will be put on hold for a while. We are told the second wave peak is over thanks to lockdown but we need to stabilise. Everyone is clamoring to have non-essentials shops …
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Hanging Baskets – Suspensions florales
I’m amazed at how healthy the flowers are on this shop at the end of summer. I thought they might be fake but they’re for real! Je suis étonnée de voir la bonne santé des fleurs sur ce magasin en fin d’été. J’ai pensé qu’elles étaient peut-être fausses mais ce sont bien des vraies!
Covid Deconfinement Stage 1 #4
No I didn’t go back into the centre of Blois today. I took this photo yesterday. The Bagel Corner was more reassuring than the jewellery shop. We took a walk through the woods this after noon to avoid the cold north wind, something we haven’t been able to do for several weeks. No new deaths …
Covid Deconfinement Stage 1 #3
Today we ventured into the centre of Blois to change my watch battery but I was not impressed by the presence of 5 people at a time in a small space with only 2 of us wearing masks. I waited outside while the battery was being changed. I am going to stay out of built-up …
Covid Confinement Day 19
Lockdown is already difficult for adults but for children, especially if they are the only ones at home, the days can seem endless. I asked my friend Lya, aged 8, to share her vision of lockdown. Below is her first photo and text. It’s amusing that my choice of photo today, before I received hers, …
Covid Containment Day 11
As the Saturday fresh produce market in Blois has been suspended until further notice, we went to La Ferme de la Touche in Chitenay yesterday which is open to the public from 5 to 7 pm on Thursdays. It was taken by storm so we weren’t able to buy enough fruit and vegetables for the …
Supermarket during covid 19 lockdown – Supermarché pendant le confinement dû au covid 19
We are back in Blois having taken a very early flight from Heraklion. France went into lockdown at midday today. To go food shopping you need to take a self-declaration with you. Also we have discovered that only one person per household can enter the supermarket at the same time and the total number of …
Point Multi-Services
As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer stores in French villages. Chambon-sur-Cisse has fewer than 700 inhabitants but it has a local store that has an internet space, a photocopy/scanner service, can send and receives faxes and emails, a post-office counter, an ATM, a grocery and small goods section, telephone cards, a catalogue delivery …