Photos of France
Oct 3rd, 2020, 08:43 PM
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Whodat Lyon? Wheredat Lyon? Howdat Lyon?
They smelled even better.
The marche is one of our faves, absolutement!
The quai opposite had a market that sold poterie.
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Oct 4th, 2020, 06:31 AM
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In maitaitom's wonderful restaurant thread - What Is Your Favorite Restaurant Ever In Europe? - I mentioned a trip to the south of France many years ago during which we spent a very memorable night in a hotel restaurant in Sarlat.
As fate would have it, in the course of scanning old pictures into digital before they decompose into dust (thousands down, thousands to go) I came across some snapshots taken on that trip, so why not share them?
The new Saab we had acquired through their European delivery program, this time on the Mediterranean coast.
The farmhouse outside Narbonne we rented for a few days/nights
Narbonne (or possibly Perpignan) street scenes
Narbonne market
The Canal de la Robine, a few steps from our house
As fate would have it, in the course of scanning old pictures into digital before they decompose into dust (thousands down, thousands to go) I came across some snapshots taken on that trip, so why not share them?
The new Saab we had acquired through their European delivery program, this time on the Mediterranean coast.
The farmhouse outside Narbonne we rented for a few days/nights
Narbonne (or possibly Perpignan) street scenes
Narbonne market
The Canal de la Robine, a few steps from our house
Oct 4th, 2020, 08:07 AM
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Gardyloo, just fascinating to see your shots from that era. One does not see many images of Narbonne and Perpignan. Glad to hear that your new car experience resulted in a good time.
Kerouac, that is a classy idea on the part of the authorities to post that photo collage as such. Society tends to take front-liners fighting in the trenches for granted.
Coq, chilly here too, about 5 degrees below the norm. Tossing a coin about whether to turn on the heat for the season.
I am done. The never-ending thread.
Kerouac, that is a classy idea on the part of the authorities to post that photo collage as such. Society tends to take front-liners fighting in the trenches for granted.
Coq, chilly here too, about 5 degrees below the norm. Tossing a coin about whether to turn on the heat for the season.
I am done. The never-ending thread.
Oct 4th, 2020, 12:49 PM
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Nocturne art shop.
Maison Basoche lion.
St. Jean: nous sommes du soleil.
St-George area's rue Mourget, with Maison de Sol, by Guignol puppet theatre.
View from pont Bonaparte.
Quai Tilsitt as seen from pont Bonaparte.
Monsieur Marionnette.
Pl. St. Jean.
We have covid; she had the Black Death.
Oct 5th, 2020, 08:50 PM
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Mme Marionette.
This mysterious cat hopped up behind the wheel of a modern, hi-tech APE while its driver was off on foot completing a pizza delivery. Everyone who passed it there in the middle of r. du Boeuf in old Lyon was greatly amused.
Cafe writer in Vieux Lyon.
Oct 6th, 2020, 09:14 PM
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Daniel & Denise Bouchon lamp.
Football boys in Pl. Gerson church courtyard.
Traboule vertical view.
La Tour Rose miraboule.
Public transit funicular up to Fourviere district.
Fresque de Lyonnais.
As above.
Amused tourists stand close to fresque.
Place St. Paul Cafe window reflection.
Cafe thinker.
The Circus Lavoie was in town, near Pl. Tabareau.
Backlit balloons.
Oct 9th, 2020, 05:19 AM
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I can only sigh at that photo, both for its subject and the excellence of the photo. This is a part of real France, no matter how much we visitors prefer to focus on France's grand chateaux, wine estates, fashion, fine restaurants, and so on.
France is currently #19 in the world in rates of death per millions from coronavirus--#16 if you don't count San Marino, Andorra, and Sint Maarten. The world is changing and who knows what life will be like for the French when the virus has done its worst. Of course, we all have the same fears about what the virus will do to our own countries.
Thanks for the photo, kerouac.
France is currently #19 in the world in rates of death per millions from coronavirus--#16 if you don't count San Marino, Andorra, and Sint Maarten. The world is changing and who knows what life will be like for the French when the virus has done its worst. Of course, we all have the same fears about what the virus will do to our own countries.
Thanks for the photo, kerouac.
