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Chateau Fontainebleu – inside

Posted on October 19, 2021 by John

Earlier I wrote about walking around Chateau Fontainebleau, one of our favorite walks here (Around Bois-le-Roi – Chateau Fontainebleau). Yesterday we returned to the chateau, not for a walk but to visit the interior. We’ve done this before – as … Continue reading →

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Puits Communes (Public Wells)

Posted on October 11, 2021 by John

One day while walking down our street, we saw this in a wall near our cottage: It’s an old unused well; we could see the pulley and bucket on a chain.There is a locked grill on the front so it … Continue reading →

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Gotta Love Paris – and We Do

Posted on October 10, 2021 by John

This week we spent four days in Paris, certainly our last visit to the city on this trip. We’ve been coming to Paris for many years – our first time in the city was in 1983: two day-trips while we … Continue reading →

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Food – mmmmmm…

Posted on October 10, 2021 by John

I haven’t taken a lot of pictures of food here, because I’m not 100% ok with pulling out a phone and taking pictures in a nice restaurant. But I’ve been talked into posting the food pix I have so here … Continue reading →

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Cristo

Posted on September 30, 2021 by John

I’ve often claimed that we’re not great fans of modern art – that it too often leaves us scratching our heads and wondering about what we were seeing. Over the last few years we’ve come to appreciate some modern art: … Continue reading →

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La Ferté Alais Airshow

Posted on September 30, 2021 by John

  In late August great friend Hervé, his daughter Sophia, son Ben, Ben’s friend Jurgen and I went to the La Ferté Alais airshow. A couple days ago Hervé beat me soundly (figuratively) about the head and shoulders for not … Continue reading →

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Chateau Amboise and Chateau Azay-le-Rideau

Posted on September 29, 2021 by John

After seeing Chateau Blois and visiting the town, we took a day-trip to go to Chateau Amboise and then stopped at Chateau Azay-le-Rideau on the day we drove back to home base at Bois-le-Roi. This was the second time we’d … Continue reading →

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Around Bois-le-Roi – Chateau Fontainebleau

Posted on September 19, 2021 by John

We’re preparing to head off on a four-day trip to the Loire Valley, home of many beautiful chateaus; I’ll write a post about that when we return. In the meantime (and afterward) I’ll try to post some pictures and scribblings … Continue reading →

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Alsace Trip – Mulhouse

Posted on September 14, 2021 by John

Last stop on our Alsace tour: Mulhouse. Mulhouse differs quite a bit from Strasbourg and Colmar: it’s an industrial city that is having a hard time keeping its industrial base. It doesn’t have many beautiful and historic buildings nor beautiful … Continue reading →

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Big News!

Posted on September 13, 2021 by John

We each have a French Pass Sanitaire! Whenever we go into a restaurant or enclosed venue – think museums – with lots of people, we have to show our vaccination records. The French all have a QR code on their … Continue reading →

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