La Rochelle - Introduction We went to the seaside town of La Rochelle this weekend, to celebrate our anniversary, and because we have wanted to see La Rochelle for some time. The city has an amazing history, and it features in a number of the stories of our favorite detective, Chief Superintendent Maigret of the Paris Police Judiciary. In the...
(Full post)The weather forecast for today was promising (meaning: no rain, if also no sunshine) so we set off for a ramble to the medieval town of Provins, about an hour away. For once the forecast was accurate, and we had a fine day; well, we didn’t get rained on. First, we visited St. Loup-de-Naud, a tiny little town near Provins....
(Full post)Brocante appears in the www.wordreference.com French-English dictionary translated as “bric-a-brac,” “second-hand,” and “junk.” After visiting the Montigny-sur-Loing Brocante Nocturne (“nocturne” because it went from noon to midnight), I lean toward the third of those definitions.
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