The Loire Valley and especially Blois
We visited Château de la Bourdaisière south of Montlouis for the first time on Sunday. This is the delightful little chapel at the entrance to the grounds. I can’t find anything about its history unfortunately. Nous avons visité le château de la Bourdaisière au sud de Montlouis pour la première fois dimanche. Cette adorable petite chapelle …
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With only a week the go before the first round of the French presidential elections, the campaign is full-on with the Saturday market in Blois a popular venue. According to the latest poll, the four leading candidates could all qualify for the second round, with the youngest, Emmanuel Macron, at 23%, slightly ahead of Marine Le …
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Just a photo of our favourite river in spring taken on the cycling path. Juste une photo de notre fleuve préféré au printemps prise depuis la piste à vélo.
We see a surprising number of donkeys when we’re cycling. I think this one rather hoped we had something to offer. Nous voyons un nombre surprenant d’ânes lorsque nous sommes en vélo. Je pense que celui-ci espérait quelque chose à manger.
The wisteria is nearly two weeks earlier than last year. With the exception of the last photo, taken at Cour Cheverny yesterday, I took all the other photos this afternoon as I drove along the Loire from Blois to our house, which is in the first photo. La glycine est en fleurs presque deux semaines en …
It was just after 8 pm when I took this photo of Amboise Castle on our way to the monthly meeting of Loire ConneXion* at Le Shaker on Ile d’Or. As beautiful as ever. Il était juste après 20 heures lorsque j’ai pris cette photo du château d’Amboise lorsqu’on se rendait à la réunion mensuelle …
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The Blois flag depicts a porcupine (the emblem of Louis XII) and a wolf (in reference to the city’s etymology). Motto: comius et eminus (both near and far). Certain historians believe that the name Blois is of Celtic origin, from the word bleiz, which is still used in the Breton language and means wolf. The …
This photo, showing our front gate, is in response to Lesley’s comment the day before yesterday. Our former owners, Monique and Jacky, had several little dogs. Cette photo de notre portail est une réponse au commentaire de Lesley avant-hier. Nos anciens propriétaires, Monique et Jacky, avaient plusieurs petits chiens.
While we were walking in Ménars on Sunday, I saw a street sign that said “Princess Bibesco”. It led to a cemetary with a large mausoleum and I discovered more about this intriguing princess whose photo you can see below. The daughter of the Prince of Chimay and Emilie Pellapra, Valentine was born in Ménars in 1839. Married at …
It seems like a very sophisticated cubby house, doesn’t it? C’est une cabane bien sophistiquée n’est-ce pas ?