So tell me where I took these pictures? There are obviously steep hills.
There's a big church at the end of a pedestrian street.
There's a garden up on a hill, and a river with a bridge.
Is that another town on the other side of the bridge, or more of the same town?
And there's another big church — one with several very tall, pointy towers.
Absolutely no-eye-deer!!
ReplyDeleteBut I think the hedges in that garden are superb... and I am not a lover of formal gardening.
well, it's not pittsburgh, and it's not seattle...
ReplyDeleteBlois, is it not?
ReplyDelete(and I only did image search after I typed that.)
Simon beat me to it! Think it's Blois. I'm pretty sure I recognise the church at the end of the pedestrian street
ReplyDeleteI dunno, but want to be there right now! Love the view from the garden.
ReplyDeleteWherever the photos were taken, they're all nice, especially the garden on the hill.
ReplyDeleteI forgot what Blois looks like but I trust Simon more than my memory. Pretty city! The mighty Loire river frightened me when I was a little girl.
ReplyDeleteIt is Blois, as Simon and Antoinette said. Walt and I were up there on July 24, when I was on my way to Paris. My train was canceled, so we had nearly three hours to kill before the next one left. Time for a good lunch in a restaurant and a long walk around the olde towne. Now we are discussing the possibility of relocating ourselves to Blois one day.
ReplyDeleteWell, Simon beat everybody to the answer, but I thought immediately of Blois and the time you picked Norma and me up at the train station there, did a little walking tour, and had a nice lunch before heading down to Saint-Aignan. Tell me, is Blois considered part of "la France profonde" or is it too mainstream for such a designation?
ReplyDeleteHi Bob, I'm not sure I'd call Blois 'La France Profonde' but the 'département' it presides over, le Loir-et-Cher, is definitely rural and provincial. The mayor of Blois for many years, 'parachuted' in, was the Socialist 'éléphant' Jack Lang, minister of culture under Pres. Mitterrand back in the '80s. That marks and changes a town (Blois is just barely a city). Blois also has a gigantic ZUP -- Zone à Urbaniser par Priorité -- or housing project ('grands ensembles' or apartment complexes) full of people who have immigrated from Africa, Asia, and all over the world. That population makes the town fairly cosmopolitain, in a third-world kind of way.
ReplyDeleteIf I hadn't read the previous comments I would have said somewhere in Normandy, due to the beams on the outside of some buildings and the very steep roofs.
ReplyDeleteWe have never been to Blois, only driven through. We must stop and look around properly when we have the chance, it looks both beautiful and fascinating.
Bonsoir Ken,
ReplyDeleteJ'espère que vous n'avez pas eu beaucoup de dégâts à cause de l'orage et des grêlons ( gros comme une balle de tennis d'après les images à la télé).
Take care and hope your roof didn't leak. Waiting to read tomorrow's blogs
Love the photos but no idea where it might be.
ReplyDeleteT.B., on a été épargné à Saint-Aignan. Pas de grêle ici, à la différence de ce qui s'est passé à Vouvray, à Bordeaux, et en Dordogne.
ReplyDeleteJean, if the weather cooperates, late August or early September would be a good time for a walk around Blois. The château is interesting too, including a painting in the chapel there by CHM's grandfather.