The Loire Valley and especially Blois
Our first few days in Sydney have been busy catching up with family and friends but today we played the tourists and walked from The Rocks to the Opera House and up into the Domain. Feels good to be in one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Nos premiers jours à Sydney se sont passés …
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Jama Masjid (great mosque), the biggest in India, was built in 1650 in the middle of Old Delhi and can welcome 25,000 people in front of the main building. The three domes made of white marble striated with black offer a striking contrast with the pink sandstone of the rest of the mosque.. La Jama Masjid (grande mosqué), …
I was so busy packing yesterday that I didn’t have time to post. I thought these sheep and lambs would be a good transition between the Loire Valley and our 6-week holiday in Australia and India. From now on, I’ll be publishing postcards of our travels. This photo was taken just next to Blois. J’étais tellement occupée …
This may not be a hay loft at all, or course, but it looks as if it could be. it’s in the old Vienne part of Blois, across the Loire from the castle. Ce n’est peut-être pas un grenier du tout mais il en a l’air. Il se trouve dans le vieux quartier de Vienne à …
This seems a very unlikely place to have an tatoo shop, on a corner in suburbia in Blois, but it’s a going concern. The photo was taken on Sunday. On ne s’attend pas à trouver un tatoueur ici, dans un faubourg de Blois, mais le magasin marche bien. La photo est prise un dimanche.
Today, thanks to “Blois Insolite et Secret” by Pascal Nourisson and Jean-Paul Sauvage (Editions Sutton 2013), we discovered that there used to be an electric tram between Blois and Amboise that opened in 1913. Unfortunately, due to the many technical difficulties with this type of tram, it was abandoned in 1933. A couple of buildings …
As soon as the daffodils come out in the fields, there are lots of people on the market and along the side of the road selling daffodils. Not exactly legal of course. Dès que les jonquilles sont en fleur dans les champs, il y a plein de vendeurs qui apparaissent sur le marché et le long …
Isn’t this the most amazing gate? I think that the birds and beasts are representative of the area – the heron and ducks can be seen along the Cisse and the Loire, Onzain is a wine-growing area (touraine-mesland), which explains the grapes at the top and the crayfish on the gate on the right comes …
I went walking in Les Grouêts today and found this B&B, guarded by a lion (and a dog!). Je me suis promené aux Grouëts aujourd’hui et j’ai trouvé cette chambre d’hôte surveillée par un lion (et un chien !)
We seem to be feeding a lot of birds these days and this morning we saw a new one – a goldfinch. Unfortunately we only had time to get my iPhone and had to stand back from the window so we wouldn’t frighten it away. The video below has probably captured it better. I like the way it …
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