Photos of France
Apr 29th, 2020, 01:29 PM
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La Roque-Gageac, Dordogne
Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Roquebrune, Alpes-Maritimes
Conques, Aveyron
Creteil, Paris
Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales
Abbaye de Fontfroide, Aude
Gouffre de Padirac, Lot
Les Jardins de Marqueyssac, Dordogne
Abbey de Cadouin, Dordogne
Les Tours de Merle, Correze
Les Jardins d'Eau, Dordogne
Brantome, Dordogne
Lyon
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome
Seillans, Var
Saint Raphael, Var
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Apr 30th, 2020, 01:31 PM
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Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales
Bordeaux
Beynac, Dordogne
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime
Mousties-Ste-Marie, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Chateau de Commarque, Dordogne
Millau, Aveyron
St-Genies, Dordogne
Rocamadour, Lot
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Dordogne
Moret-sur-Loing, Ile-de-France
St-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrenees-Atlantique
Domme, Dordogne
Ste-Agnes, Alpes-Maritimes
Tourtour, Var
Auray, Morbihan
Vannes, Morbihan
Ile-de-Re, Charente-Maritime
Vannes, Morbihan
Musee de Chasse et Nature, Paris
May 1st, 2020, 03:31 AM
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Just thought I'd add these photos from St. Barth -- Caribbean but still part of France. Photos were taken in 1976 -- our last trip before the birth of our first son, after which we didn't travel outside the US for 18 years.
St Barth is a big tourist attraction now, but in 1976 there was only one small hotel and only a handful of phones on the entire island. We flew in on an 8-seat plane. To contact someone, you left a message at the "library" (in someone's home). Every couple of days we would stop by to see if there were any messages.
We stayed with friends who had a house there -- their parents had bought a small place years before. There was one "fancy" restaurant, but we had to order a day in advance for them to get the recipe ingredients. Meat was hard to find, so we packed a bunch of steaks in dry ice and carried them with us on the plane. For fresh produce, we went to the "farmer" who sold tomatoes and lettuce grown on boxes on tables. (See photo) There was a market in Gustavia (the capital town in the aerial photo), but nothing was fresh...all shipped in. Fresh bread was baked each day by an old woman in ovens in her backyard. (I thought I had a photo of her but can't find it.)
Photos were taken with film and are 2014 scans of the 1976 slides, so the sharpness and color are so-so.
We took a day-trip to Guadeloupe that was fantastic.
ssander
St Barth is a big tourist attraction now, but in 1976 there was only one small hotel and only a handful of phones on the entire island. We flew in on an 8-seat plane. To contact someone, you left a message at the "library" (in someone's home). Every couple of days we would stop by to see if there were any messages.
We stayed with friends who had a house there -- their parents had bought a small place years before. There was one "fancy" restaurant, but we had to order a day in advance for them to get the recipe ingredients. Meat was hard to find, so we packed a bunch of steaks in dry ice and carried them with us on the plane. For fresh produce, we went to the "farmer" who sold tomatoes and lettuce grown on boxes on tables. (See photo) There was a market in Gustavia (the capital town in the aerial photo), but nothing was fresh...all shipped in. Fresh bread was baked each day by an old woman in ovens in her backyard. (I thought I had a photo of her but can't find it.)
Photos were taken with film and are 2014 scans of the 1976 slides, so the sharpness and color are so-so.
We took a day-trip to Guadeloupe that was fantastic.
ssander
Last edited by ssander; May 1st, 2020 at 05:00 AM.
