De captivants à banals, les articles et photographies de “The Baguette” sont une tentative de publier un journal de ma vie dans la Manche et de proposer un forum de discussion pour tout ce qui touche à la Normandie.
/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3685%2F13871936575_e11ed6922c_z.jpg)
Sunday was my last day in Haute Normandie and I still had a few places I needed to visit. Fortunately, there wasn't any fog and I was able to get some nice photos of our chamber d’hôte Au temps des cerises which was surrouned by orchards of fruit trees...
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7065%2F13871729675_6e109ab742_z.jpg)
It is a pleasure to walk in the village of Le Bec-Hellouin admiring quiet and flowery streets with half-timbered houses. The peaceful atmosphere, terraces and small squares are deserving of a short stroll…certainly, the walking tour is pretty fast and...
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3762%2F13871531013_1f86fede3e_z.jpg)
From one castle to the next... Les Andelys lies in one of the loveliest settings along the Seine and is dominated by the impressive ruins of Château-Gaillard which overlooks the valley. Carefully following the walking tour map from the tourist office,...
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7097%2F13871174653_ac131d05ab_z.jpg)
In the 12th century, Marie de France, one of the earliest of women writers tells the touching legend of Caliste and Raoul the two lovers from where la cote des deux-amants gets its name. It seems that the King of Pitres did not want to give away his daughter...
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7165%2F13871558564_ba5cc54522_z.jpg)
If I didn’t already tell you, let me say it again: the weather in Haute Normandie was just wonderful last weekend. Not only were the fruit trees blossoming, so were the cherry trees and fields of yellow rape. On the morning of my second day, I had a sumptuous...
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3746%2F13870990195_5b83c98032_z.jpg)
Well, it was getting rather late and after visiting Caudebec-en-Caux, we still needed to visit the Abbaye de Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle. It is a living, working community of monks and so the buildings are not open to visitors unless you take a guided...
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7278%2F13870809325_de371a6376_z.jpg)
Caudebec-en-Caux is a pleasant town settled around the Seine where the Ste-Gertrude Valley runs into the river. It was here that I stopped on my way to Jumièges where I had booked a room at a chambre d'hôte called Au Temps des Cerises. I wasn’t planning...
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3748%2F13870815725_c515b35268_z.jpg)
It’s hard not to get upset sometimes by the unusual opening and closing times of some places in France but it seems to be more common with me when I travel because things that I really want to see are more often than not always closed. It’s so frustrating....
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7257%2F13870637975_9afe0ef31c_z.jpg)
The weather was spectacular this last weekend that I decided to take a trip to the region around Haute Normandie known as the Seine Maritime. After making several stops to get pictures of the fields covered in rape flowers, or colza as it is known in...
Read more/http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7216%2F13505325385_94c89ec051_z.jpg)
Staying caught up with this blog is more difficult than you think. I’ve got so many photos of places I’ve visited recently that it is difficult to post everything. Still, I’m trying. A few weeks ago we had some wonderful weather and I took a short hiking...
Read more