I’ve often claimed that we’re not great fans of modern art - that it too often leaves us scratching our heads and wondering about what we were seeing. Over the last few years we’ve come to appreciate some modern art: outdoor sculptures and murals and paintings (and Banksy), and we’ve always liked what Cristo and Jeanne-Claude (his wife) created: “…site-specific...

In late August great friend Hervé, his daughter Sophia, son Ben, Ben’s friend Jurgen and I went to the La Ferté-Alais airshow. A couple days ago Hervé beat me soundly (figuratively) about the head and shoulders for not doing a post on the airshow. I plead guilty! We had a great day and I should have done a post long...

After seeing Chateau Blois and visiting the town, we took a day-trip to go to Chateau Amboise and then stopped at Chateau Azay-le-Rideau on the day we drove back to home base at Bois-le-Roi. This was the second time we’d visited Chateau Amboise and the fourth(!) time at Azay-le-Rideau. You can get some more info about these two chateaux by...