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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Part of my English-guided tour of Old Lyon included stops at the Primatiale Saint-Jean, Place Saint-Paul, Musée des beaux-arts and l'église Saint-Nizier. In the center of the square in front of Saint-Jean Cathedral is a fountain with four basins topped...
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La place Bellecour is a large square in Lyon. In fact, it is the largest pedestrian square in Europe and makes a great starting point for visiting any part of Lyon. The town’s tourist office is located here and lies between La Saône and Le Rhône, forming...
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Another interesting monument that overlooks the city of Lyon is the Tour métallique de Fourvière (lovingly referred to as the Eiffel Tower of Lyon by the locals) built between 1892 and 1894. Local councilmen who wanted to build a secular monument to counterbalance...
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I went to the town of Pontivy over the weekend with some friends of mine. We had such a wonderful time visiting the town as well as the Breton countryside. Pontivy is the old capital of the Rohan family and gets its name from a 7th century monk named...
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On m'a demandé de ne pas publier les photos du Château d'Omonville à Denneville sur mon blog, car c'est une résidence privée. Si vous voulez voir mes photos, s'il vous plaît envoyez votre adresse email à thomashugues007@yahoo.com et je vous enverrai un...
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After visiting the windmills at Besneville, our AVF group headed to the small town of Saint-Lô-d'Ourville where we were to have lunch at the restaurant "Au p'tit creux". Before that, we had quite a surprise when we were given a guided tour of the parish...
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Le Mont de Besneville is a hill 116 meters above sea level offering a breathtaking panorama of the countryside and the coast. This was the second stop on the trip I took with the AVF Cherbourg group on October 9th. There is a road leading to the summit...
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Starting from Bagnères-de-Luchon heading east is the famous Col du Portillon, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees that connects Luchon to the town of Bossòst in the Val d'Aran of Spain. The climb from Luchon is 10.2 km long while the climb from Bossòst...
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Bagnères-de-Luchon is a lively spa town lying in a beautiful setting amidst the Pyrénées. It is the busiest and most fashionable cure resort in the region, and also a tourist and winter sports center with a wide choice of ski runs, climbs and excursions....
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People familiar with the Tour de France will know that the most famous climb during the race is through the mountain pass called the Col du Tourmalet. More than any other pass, it has been included in the race the most number of times since 1910 when...
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