18 April 2020

Vacances du printemps

Because today is the day when we were supposed to leave home for our springtime vacation up in Picardie on the shores of the Baie de Somme — said trip having been cancelled because of the Great Confinement — I've decided to go on a virtual vacation. It's my own little protest against the novel coronavirus.






I'm talking about a vacation past. Here are a few photos. I took them a long time ago on my birthday, and in France of course. It was a while ago.







This is a place I've visited many times starting in the early 1970s. Over the years, I've been there with Illinois and California friends, with my mother and her sister, with my own sister and one of our good friends, and with Walt two or three times. I haven't been there now for about a dozen years.







I have a feeling I might be on virtual vacation in this place for all the coming week. It's fun to see it again.







If you haven't already guessed where it is, you will soon find out as it gradually reveals itself.







There are small hints in several of the photos, but not too many of them yet. The place has changed significantly over the past few years.







I'm not giving any more clues right now. Maybe this is a lot more obvious than I think it is.

20 comments:

  1. I could not begin to guess, but I know I love the colors of those slate roof tiles!

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  2. I think the first photo says it all, even though it is not obvious. The usual views of this place are quite different.

    I biked there in 1941 with a school friend when I was staying in his village not far from XXXXXX for a vacation.

    CHM

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    1. I think some of the other photos give even better clues.

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    2. IS this Amboise ? I could be wrong . But I always wanted to see the leonard de Vinci house . That's why

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  3. Looks like a flat stretch of sand in photo #3 background. So I am going with Mt. Saint-Michel. ;-)

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    1. CHM, you should do your own blog rather than hijacking mine all the time!

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    2. I think my virtual vacation is over. Back to confinement.

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    3. I'm so sorry, Ken. It was stupid of me to say that. I'll try not to do it again.

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    4. Ce n'est pas grave, mais quand même. Je parlerai d'autre chose maintenant.

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    5. I was having a hard time guessing where these nice photos were from, so I'm glad to know now rather than wrack my brain lol.

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    6. I'm not a fan of guessing games. I liked the photos I found when I looked back to 2007. Walt and I went and spent a night on the Mont for my birthday that year.

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  5. I could look at French roof tops all day! Thanks for these.

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  6. I chuckled and though, "No, Ken, nothing obvious here! Cool place, but where it is... no idea."
    Then, I thought that was maybe a little piece of water view... then, maybe sand view... I was hoping it was Mt. Saint Michel, too.
    I will thoroughly enjoy the photos, if you continue with your "vacation" there! Like Evelyn, I enjoy knowing where the place is, while I see your photos, so nothing is ruined for me, anyway!

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    1. I figured that you would recognize le Mont.

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  7. I'd love to see more of the photos too! Like the chateau looking building fifth picture down, and nice to click and enlarge them! I've never been to St. Michel, so pictures from "being there" rather than afar would be fun to see.

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    1. I'll see what other photos I have, but my virtual vacation will move around France. Given confinement, the wider the range the better.

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  8. It's very nice to see the other side of the world ... from another view... Thanks

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  9. Twenty hours after you published, I read the post and correctly guessed. I only knew because my sister was there a few years ago.

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