The Loire Valley and especially Blois
Last year we had a yearly pass to Château de Chenonceau and this year we have chosen Chateau de Chaumont so you can expect lots of photos! L’année dernière nous avions un pass annuel pour le château de Chenonceau. Cette fois-ci nous avons choisi le château de Chaumont alors il faut s’attendre à beaucoup de …
Continue reading “Greetings from Chaumont – Salutations de Chaumont”
Today we discovered a new walking path on the banks of the Loire opposite Chaumont. It was a crisp six degrees Celsius and very pleasant. Aujourd’hui nous avons découvert un nouveau sentier sur les bords de la Loire en face de Chaumont. Il faisait six degrés et la promenade était très agréable.
I stopped to take this photo of Château de Chaumont on my way to Amboise today. It is always so photogenic. The sky cleared later on but this evening it’s quite overcast. Hope it doesn’t rain for the Bastille Day fireworks! Je me suis arrêtée pour prendre cette photo du Château de Chaumont aujourd’hui en …
Château de Chaumont at 7.30 pm at the end of April. Château de Chaumont à 19h30 fin avril.
We don’t seem to have seen many hot air balloons this year but when we were driving to Amboise on Friday we saw no fewer than eight! The photo is taken through the car windscreen with Château de Chamont behind. Nous ne semblons pas avoir vu beaucoup de mongolfières cette année mais en nous rendant …
Continue reading “The Balloons are Up! – Les mongolfières sont de sortie !”
When we left home today to cycle to Château de Chaumont (it’s been too cold up until now for much cycling), I was so enamoured of our wisteria that I decided that I would take photos of any other wisteria we passed on the cycle path. The results are below. Which is your favourite? Lorsque …
After our disappointment last week as the hot air balloon that didn’t get off the ground, we were delighted to witness no less than three take-offs opposite château de Chaumont yesterday – a much better location! The video below shows the first one taking off. Après notre déception la semaine dernière lorsque la montgolfière n’a …
The Loire River is full of little sandy islands. This is the view from Château de Chaumont at 5 pm in winter. TOMORROW IS CITY DAILY PHOTO THEME DAY. THE THEME IS “BEST PHOTO OF THE YEAR”. CAN YOU HELP ME CHOOSE? JUST GIVE THE DATE OF THE PHOTO YOU LIKED BEST IN A COMMENT. …
Continue reading “Island View from Chaumont – Vue d'île depuis Chaumont”
I don’t know the story of this stained glass window at Château de Chaumont but I love the two trees – the one in the scene itself and the great cedar behind. Je ne connais pas l’histoire de ce vitrail au château de Chaumont mais j’aime bien les deux arbres celui sur le vitrail et …