tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post2681962350964888595..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Le Tour de France...Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36022638495253429562011-06-14T22:40:51.064+02:002011-06-14T22:40:51.064+02:00Margaret and I stopped here when we were driving a...Margaret and I stopped here when we were driving around Burgundy. We were very impressed with the excellent condition the abbey was kept. I wonder what the Cistercians would think of the Vatican today. I doubt they would approve.Gabbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-39966726551999352422011-06-14T17:20:18.311+02:002011-06-14T17:20:18.311+02:00OK, I'm going to pitch AARO, the Association o...OK, I'm going to pitch AARO, the Association of Americans Resident Overseas. http://aaro.org/<br />There's an annual tax seminar in late March or April dealing with the changes in US legislation and IRS rules and how they affect us. Since the meeting is in Paris, there's also information concerning French forms. The association, though, is mostly and advocacy group, seeking to inform US citizens abroad and US Congress and Treasury people about the (unintended?) negative effects of rules and legislation.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91784660927881550642011-06-14T00:02:51.679+02:002011-06-14T00:02:51.679+02:00Very interesting post -- I always love the info an...Very interesting post -- I always love the info and pictures about church architecture and history :)<br /><br />I had wondered about you guys and U.S. taxes... wondered, in fact, if you did your taxes when you came to the U.S. in March (wasn't it March?). <br /><br />Can you do your taxes online from over there? <br /><br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18534127839560263952011-06-13T19:53:28.162+02:002011-06-13T19:53:28.162+02:00The real chablis comes from the village of Chablis...The real chablis comes from the village of Chablis in Burgundy. Anything else called chablis (from California for example) is <i>piquette</i>. Chablis wine is 100% Chardonnay.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33768154694543519862011-06-13T19:44:22.219+02:002011-06-13T19:44:22.219+02:00One rarely comes across chablis in wine stores sin...One rarely comes across chablis in wine stores since chablis has fallen out of favor.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51120676728889090912011-06-13T17:10:58.707+02:002011-06-13T17:10:58.707+02:00I think US expats did not have to pay income tax u...I think US expats did not have to pay income tax until the mid to late 1970s.<br /><br />We were living out of the country then and I remember my father being angry at the change. If my memory serves me, I think people had to pay a couple years retroactively when it was initiated.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49267224117098645322011-06-13T14:35:53.202+02:002011-06-13T14:35:53.202+02:00Life was quite different a thousand years ago. I l...Life was quite different a thousand years ago. I like thinking about those days and your photos help. This abbey has no out buildings that I can see. I love the last photos with the abbey and the field. I bet travelers were happy to see them in the old days.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31276307203885441152011-06-13T11:47:52.728+02:002011-06-13T11:47:52.728+02:00That's a really imposing structure, Ken... and...That's a really imposing structure, Ken... and a lot of information to go with the pix as usual.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91025086891699150422011-06-13T10:52:51.076+02:002011-06-13T10:52:51.076+02:00Lovely photos. By the 13th/14th century the Cister...Lovely photos. By the 13th/14th century the Cistercians allowed a little bit of decoration to creep in. They painted red lines to imitate brickwork on the whitewashed walls [real bricks making real patterns were of course underneath the plaster]. Saw good examples of this at Bylands Abbey in Yorkshire.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.com