02 November 2024

Back-tracking to Alençon

The small city of Alençon (pop. 25,000) is in lower Normandy just about 20 minutes by car south of the cathedral town of Sées that I was blogging about a few days ago. I've been to Alençon three times, I think: in June 2001 (I didn't take any photos that time), in August 2011 (a sunny day), and in late may 2015 (a rainy day with Charles-Henry). I picked these colorful pictures for today because it has been gray, foggy, and drizzly here in Saint-Aignan for a couple of weeks (or more) now. Our weather is supposed to improve this coming week. We may even see the sun.

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  1. Oh, these are bright and colorful! One of my former students, now a French teacher, did a school year in Alençon as a teaching assistant in an English classroom... but, I've never been! I do know of the lace that is called Alençon lace.
    I saw your comment update about getting an appointment with a new Tasha-groomer, who will come to your home! Excellent!

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  2. That blue Citroen is quite the classic. I wonder what year or decade that's from?

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    1. The blue car is a Citroën Dyane, which was manufactured from 1967 until 1983. It was a fancier and more comfortable 2CV. Nearly 1.5 million Dyanes were built.

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