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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Over-Blog is one of the worst blogging platforms ever. The ability to insert photos is constantly changing. Even now, it is impossible to insert photos from my Flickr account the way that I want them. You will have to appreciate them like they are...sadly,...
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The menhir just outside of the Basilique Notre-Dame de l’Épine (Our Lady of the Thorn) shows how Évron was once a site of great spiritual pilgrimage even before the introduction of Christianity. The first mention of a church in Évron occurs in the testament...
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After visiting Chailland, it was off to the capital city of the Mayenne, Laval. Parked the car next to the cathedral and walked down the hill to the tourist office in order to get a map of the town. Unfortunately, the map they provided was one of the...
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The Château de Brissac is located in a fine park shaded by magnificent cedar trees. The building is unusual both because it is exceptionally tall (the tallest château in France, they claim), and because it comprises two juxtaposed buildings one of which...
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The monastery at Cunault along the banks of the Loire, downstream from Saumur, was founded in the fourth century by Saint-Maxenceul the area’s first evangelizer. Monks from Noirmoutier then founded an abbey here in 847 but were expelled from Cunault during...
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It was a beautiful day when I visited Saumur but I must admit that it was colder than I expected. I parked the car near the chateau and walked to the tourist office to see if I could get myself a walking map of the city. Strangely enough, the map misses...
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Well you are probably wondering where I stayed while visiting the Loire this summer. It was a very nice bed and breakfast called Domaine des Gauliers which overlooks vast fields of grapes and the small village of Chavagnes. The property consists of a...
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Sorry that I’ve been away from my blog for so long. I’m occupied with so many other things and just don’t have the time or the energy to post more often. I would however like to share some photos of the vacation that I took just after finishing the Camino...
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Colmar is one of the most beautiful towns in Alsace. It is lined with picturesque timber frame houses steeped in history. The town is also the birthplace of several artists including Martin Schongauer (1445-91) whose altarpieces and engravings were admired...
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One afternoon, I went for lunch at a restaurant near the cathedral. I wish I could remember its name. The food was delicious: Baeckeoffe and another choucroute dish with the best tasting sauerkraut I’ve had my entire life. Afterward I went to le Musée...
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