L’Ile de Ré – après déjeuner

Tummies full and happy, we headed to the far tip of the island, to Le Phare des Baleines (lighthouse of the whales). I did not climb to the top! It was impressive enough from the bottom. Yeah, that’s the reason. It was at one of the little stores, on the left here in front of […]

Back in Loches

I’m here, back in Loches doing sensible things like laundry and vacuuming. The weather is magnificent and, when I returned, I noticed they had cleaned the pool. Good thing I took the picture when I did because the next day it was full! So I said to the man in charge here Peut je nager […]

L’Ile de Ré – avant déjeuner

I met two of the nicest people in La Rochelle, and the three of us set off for a day of adventure on an island called Ile de Ré. This is one of France’s more exclusive summer retreats. The population booms in summer and the property values have boomed as well. It was a perfect […]

La Rochelle – one more post

I have just a few more pics of La Rochelle I want to share. This is St. Louis Cathedral. It’s a Roman Catholic Church, but it’s also part museum and part art gallery. Open to the public and full of treasures. The cathedral was originally designed by the first architect to the King, but didn’t […]

The Aquarium at La Rochelle

The entrance into the display area of the aquarium is an elevator. A pretend elevator. They close the doors behind you and it shakes and rattles, and the pictures in the fake windows of the elevator go up, so you feel like you’re going down. Then the adjacent doors open and you’re supposed to leave […]

La Rochelle by Sea

It’s really having the Atlantic Ocean there that gives La Rochelle it’s amazing beauty. The ocean and what the people have done because of it over the centuries. There’s a lot of history here both in what the people have done, and in what the ocean has done. The city was Protestant when the rest […]

La Rochelle by Land

I’ve taken so many photos in the last two days that I must divide them. If they all went into one blog post the internet would break. I’m going to start with La Rochelle by land, ie non-sea photos. They’re not in any particular order – I’ve been running around snapping here and there, and […]

Travel Day

I did a lot more than travel today, but that’s all I’m blogging about for now. My bus to Tours left after 7am so I was up early and looked outside. Nothing there! So I checked the local forecast, and it assured me there would be sun. Somebody messed up. Bundled up in three layers […]

Full Disclosure

Full disclosure right away. I saw another cat. As soon as I say there isn’t something then there it is, everywhere. I really like the way this street lamp hangs in the middle, just hanging around. Many of is have had cats that look a little bit like this guy. But the expression – universal. […]

Doors

This morning when I picked up my baguette and croissant, the lady behind the counter went into the back to get me a fresh-out-of-the-oven croissant. None of those been sitting around for half an hour croissants for me! She is so nice – they all are. Things here are very interactive. When you go into […]