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L'ABBAYE, UNE CITÉ IDEALE

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(Aquarelle : composition libre de François Callu, inspirée de l’architecture de différentes abbayes normandes.) 1 – La porterie (Gatekeeper’s Lodge) 2 – L’église abbatiale (Abbey Church) 3 – Le cloître (Cloisters) 4 – Le jardin du cloître et le puits...

VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOURS 6 ET 7

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The next day I drove my brother to the Calvados Department where the temperatures were almost freezing! The strong winds did not make things any better and so we had to bundle up like Eskimo babies just to keep warm. Our first stop was Arromanches-les-Bains,...

VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOURS 4 ET 5

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My brother and I arrived by train at the Gare de Cherbourg in the evening. After breakfast the next day, I thought we would be able to see many sights but I underestimated the amount of time it would take driving from place to place. Still, I think he...

VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOUR 3

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Getting to Château de Versailles is not difficult but you MUST know which RER train to take. Since we were staying at the Hôtel de Reims, we took Metro line 14 to Bibliothèque-François Mitterrand and then took RER commuter train C5 directly to Versailles-Rive...

VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOUR 2

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After a good night’s sleep, we woke early the next morning and went downstairs to breakfast in the hotel. Perhaps I was over ambitious but we took on the trip to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis, a place of pilgrimage and the burial place of French...

VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOUR 1

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Paris is so much nicer when you visit with a family member ! Last week, my brother visited me from the United States and I took him to see some of my favorite places in and around Île de la Cité. Of course, a three-day vacation in Paris is difficult to...

PARIS "VILLE LUMIERE"

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Loyal readers, I will be in Paris tomorrow until Wednesday. I am very excited because my brother from the United States will be visiting me. We will go to the Moulin Rouge on Sunday and Versailles on Tuesday. The rest of the time we plan on walking the...

GARE TRANSATLANTIQUE DE CHERBOURG

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This is what the Transatlantic Station in Cherbourg used to look like before World War II. Those damn Nazis destroyed much of what once used to be beautiful. Fortunately, the building has been restored although I guess none of us will ever get to see...

ÉPIPHANIE, 2011

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NOËL 2010

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I hope that everyone had a nice Christmas. I know that I certainly did ! I drove to the south of France to stay with friends in the Lot Department with whom I have spent the holidays with for the last ten years. The drive from Cherbourg went well enough...