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.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 -- Porto, Portugal I went to bed rather early last night and slept very well. None of the other people in my room bothered me by coming in late nor did they disturb my slumber. I’m pretty sure that will not be the case in the albergues...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 -- Porto, Portugal Well, I had a pretty nice day which started early with me leaving the hotel in Paris at 05h00 to catch my plane from CDG to Porto. Before leaving yesterday I took the metro to Châtelet in order to visit the Tour...
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It has been some time since my last post and I apologize for that but I've just not had the energy or the spirit to write anything for several months. That's not to say I don't like blogging anymore...I'm just not going to be at it as often as I used...
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Another church I visited during the Clochers en fête last year was the Église Saint-Thomas in Lithaire, built in 1894. Many of these beautiful little churches are closed permanently due to the declining numbers of parishioners and the inability of local...
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Église Saint-Martin in Doville was built between 1840 and 1843 in the center of town and replaced the former parish church which was situated along the side of the Mont de Doville and called la chapelle Notre-Dame du Bon Secours. The interior of the church...
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According to an ancient legend, the name of this remote village in the heart of the marais originates from the story of Dame Létiticie, a noble woman from Saint-Sauveur, who, having gotten lost in the forest during a hunting party believed she would die...
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He is risen ! Happy Easter, everyone ! Some photos of my Easter decorations.
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There is a unique hiking path in Fermanville which follows the stream called le Poult. It winds its way through la vallée des moulins (valley of water mills) which got its name from the large number of mills that once lined the stream. Some of the old...
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L'église Sainte-Vierge et Saint-Martin de Vrasville dates from the 12th or 13th century. Originally, it was a very small church (less than half of the current size) and lit by very small windows. During the Revolution, all of the liturgical furniture...
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Well, the weather predictions over the weekend proved to be true and 60cm (about 2 feet) of snow fell in 24 hours. What a mess it turned out to be. Météo-France used the color red to denote extreme snow and sleet for the first time in its history. And,...
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