tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6596899690093295699..comments2024-03-29T13:11:25.325+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Savoir profiter...Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17827673198188642402010-11-03T09:01:25.293+01:002010-11-03T09:01:25.293+01:00Natalie, I think they are probably plane trees — d...Natalie, I think they are probably plane trees — <i>des platanes</i>. They've been pollarded, which means pruned that way.<br /><br />Emm, those trees and leaves are maples, aren't they? The fall colors here are really pretty right now. More pictures to come.<br /><br />Mary and Lynn, we don't have a raclette machine. We just put slices of cheese in little ramekins, pop them in a hot oven for a few minutes, and bring them full of melted cheese to the table. You have to do several rounds, usually. The melted cheese doesn't stick to the dishes. And that path on the north (left) bank of the Cher is where we walked. It's a biking/hiking path.<br /><br />CHM, it looks like Chrissoup is holding up the tree, or hanging from it, doesn't it? She isn't. She's just walking behind it.<br /><br />Kristi and Sam, CHM told me the graves might be held in perpetuity or for something like 30 years. But I'd never seen such signs in a cemetery before.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-85095664405535804872010-11-03T03:53:23.272+01:002010-11-03T03:53:23.272+01:00Ken, can you tell me what types of trees those are...Ken, can you tell me what types of trees those are (the large ones) in the cemetary? They look very unusual, but maybe it's because they don't have their leaves.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504057828175813981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4907715338090928572010-11-03T01:36:58.662+01:002010-11-03T01:36:58.662+01:00Lovely pictures, especially the colored leaves. Th...Lovely pictures, especially the colored leaves. They look almost like the fall colors in New England. Didn't realize that France had such similar seasonal attributes.Emmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65833860940696621732010-11-02T23:25:14.444+01:002010-11-02T23:25:14.444+01:00Glad your ankle is feeling better.
We really enjo...Glad your ankle is feeling better.<br /><br />We really enjoyed walking along that path on the other side of the river from the chateau at Chenonceau. Did you veer off and see Madame Dupin's grave? H/R loved finding that in the middle of the forest. It's so nice to be on the other side of the river, away from the crowds on the other side. Beautiful spot!!! It's nice on both sides! We love doing "raclette" night!!!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17638031212346458820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-61690211599688896112010-11-02T22:04:17.367+01:002010-11-02T22:04:17.367+01:00Thanks, Ken, for your translation phrase (nous avo...Thanks, Ken, for your translation phrase (nous avons su profiter de)- I really appreciate it!<br />Do you have the fancy machine to do the raclette? My daughter and I sampled it in Annecy. She "had" to have it ($79 for the two of us in 2003 for melted cheese on potatoes and sausage!). It was good and I have looked into purchasing the burners here - but again, close to that $80 price for the meal!<br /><br />We didn't arrive at Chenonceaux in time for the tour (we were both soooo disappointed). I tried to talk the tickettaker into letting us in for a reduced rate for only 30 minutes. He refused but did tell us how to drive further down the lane and then cross the small bridge. We turned right and probably just like your walk, we were able to spot the backside and get some pictures and admire the location on the river. Is that where you went for the walk? I WILL get back there someday soon, I hope.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911284607089608538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76077923714818552562010-11-02T13:47:25.934+01:002010-11-02T13:47:25.934+01:00In most cemeteries in France, you don't own th...In most cemeteries in France, you don't own the plot, you only rent it for a certain time period. And if at the end of that time period, the grave has obviously not been cared for in some time, they have to post the sign similar to the one you saw, saying that if someone does not stop by within X amount of time, the grave will be reclaimed and whatever is left will be put in the communal box of dust/bones. <br /><br />It used to kind of shock me, but then I realized that with a country as a old as France, these kinds of practices were really necessary - otherwise there would be no room left for the living!Ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991667611234163617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11403192454040058172010-11-02T13:12:30.715+01:002010-11-02T13:12:30.715+01:00There is a very amusing "effet d'optique&...There is a very amusing "effet d'optique" in the first photo. The lady seems to be hanging, like a small puppet, from the tree in the foreground!chmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-2503361987220099482010-11-02T11:15:04.076+01:002010-11-02T11:15:04.076+01:00Wise to have taken advantage of this day...I think...Wise to have taken advantage of this day...I think winter just arrived here....<br /><br />In village in Hungary one doesn't buy a plot in a cemetery, one rents it for twenty years at a time. When there is no one left to do this, the people buried in such a grave can be moved to the edges. We arrived once, purely by accident, just in time to pay for another twenty years for my husband's grandmother. It was strange. His family plot in Budapest is, on the other hand, not only forever, but in an historic part of the cemetery maintained by the government.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.com