Postcards from the Road

Monday, 23 July 2012

Postcard from an ecluse.

Ecluse 34
Canal de Bourgogne
Burgundy
France

http://www.la34s.fr

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Sunset over Notre Dame

Because I told Babooshka I wouldn't.

Notre Dame

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Sitting in the Centre Pompidou surrounded by Picasso, I smiled and wondered if it was the cartoonists of my youth who were sending him up, or if it was he.

Centre Pompidou
Paris

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Postcard from a pair of windows

Nanteuil-sur-Marne
France

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Postcard from a Restaurant

Nanteuil-sur-Marne
France

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Postcard from a School

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Postcard from a fishing shack

Marne River
Champagne

France

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New Day, same 2CV

Demange-aux-Eaux
France
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Postcard from a spring morning

Another postcard from Demange-aux-Eaux
France

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Unimaginative Grafitto

"Hey Francois, let's go and tag the wall of the old Lavoir eh?"

"duh..."

Note to file - if you are going to become a famous graf artist, I suggest you learn to spell your initials before you set out!

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Postcard from Demange-aux-Eaux

Another day another yellow 2CV. Citroen fancier Demange-aux-Eaux France © postcards from the road

Ecluse Gates

Waiting for the ecluse to fill.

Frouard

Meurthe-et-Moselle
France

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Postcard from Frouard

Houses

Frouard

Meurthe-et-Moselle
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Postcard from last Easter

Sometimes decorations remain for so long, that it's hard to work out whether they are just early for next year or not. Five seconds of sunlight on the Alsace Wine Road. © postcards from the road

Mirror on the Wine Road
- Alsace

I Love these mirrors.

Because they reflect in one direction only, they give a snapshot of what it was that almost hit you! Graphiclly, they just sort of melt into their surrounds, not the least bit more obvious because of their striped frame.

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Flair

Some people can simply drop a bunch of flowers into a vase and the result is always fantastic. They are also the sorts of people who can ruffle their hair instead of styling it, they wear no cosmetics, and when they go to town, they simply throw their bike at the nearest colour co-ordinated wall.

Obernai

Alsace
France

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Postcard from Obernai

House in Obernai

Alsace
France
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Postcard from Beaune

After the storm, late afternoon. Beaune Burgundy France © postcards from the road

Postcard from a Cruise.

Hi Mum, guess what?

They've given me an upgrade to a room with a porthole!

View from Silhouette
Chalon-sur-Saone
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Specs

Sunglasses for sale
Camden markets

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Bayswater Bus Stop

Bus Stop
Bayswater

London
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Postcard from London

Windows on Queensway
London W2

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Boxes
Toul

Boxes not of ticky tacky, filled with steel things.

Toul

France
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Factory
Nancy

The TV crew looked puzzled as I aimed my camera at the abandoned factory.

The reporter asked me what I had seen.

Just an old building.

Nancy.
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Mr Dumand's Motorbike

Lagarde

Moselle
France

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Tractor

We always get a giggle out of seeing monster tractors driving through the towns and villages, so it's only fair we should find one in the wild.

Lagarde

France
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Autumn Hues

I shall have to remember to return in Summer to see if the drapes are changed to match the leaves when they return to the vine.

Lagarde

France
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Dandylions

I think I'd paint my shutters blue too.

Lagarde

France

Spring Planters

Newly planted boxes ready to thrill.

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Maggie's House

Building renovations underway.

Lagarde
France
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Forest Drums

This is not quite what it looks like, the drums have been employed all winter supporting boats on dry land, and now that the spring is upon us, the boats are in the water and the drums stacked in the thicket where they will quickly be covered in undergrowth until next autumn.

A quite nifty storage solution really.

Lagarde

France.

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Postcard from Home

Something to remind us that wherever we are in the world, home isn't too shabby either. Sunrise over Twoway Creek, Dicky Beach or is it Moffat Beach? I think the creek marks the divide.

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Dreaming of escape.

High above the harbour, a kitchen maid washes and dreams of what could be.

Tea Rooms in Conwy.
Wales
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Chance of Precipitation

Time to bring the washing in methinks.

Conwy

Wales

View From a Castle

Pirates Ahoy!

Conwy

Wales

Broken Dreams

Perhaps there's a little bailing to do before we can take her out again.

Conwy
wales
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The Castle Again

Conwy Castle is inescapable. A few minutes' visiting turns into hours poking through it's towers and chambers.

Wales
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Conwy

I love the uniform drab of Welsh villages. Conwy less than many because of it's splash of whitewash and colour, but there's something that attracts me to the unattractiveness.

Conwy
Wales
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Conwy Castle

I suspect the English have never forgiven the Welsh for deleting the "a" from Conwy, and the Welsh have never forgiven the English for building a castle there in the first place.

The castle has been there for seven hundred years and seems abandoned. Perhaps the Welsh are winning the battle after all.

Conwy
Wales
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Window Shopping

London Lamborghini have a shop in Kensington, which seems to attract as many people to its window displays as Selfridges does.

Old Brompton Road
Kensington
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Monkeys!

Dinosaur!

View from a Cafe

Altered View

Anish Kapoor’s mirror sculptures will sit altering one's perspective in Hyde Park until next summer.

London.

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On a clear day

Millenium Bridge

Just across the river is the Tate Modern. We wanted to cross, but the nice man said "come back tomorrow", so we went the long way round.

London.

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Hunger is the best sauce.

The Gamble Room in the Victoria and Albert Museum was designed as a place to partake of refreshment, and to this day one can still enjoy a nice cup of tea (or a passable coffee) from within.

The inscription on the frieze is a quote from Ecclesiastes II, 24 and reads 'There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy the good of his labour.'

Indeed.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London

Autumn in London

The light at the end of the tunnel

Or in this case, a Parisian street.

Somewhere in Paris.

Pharmacy

I've heard it said that France is distinctly visible from space, made obvious by the green glow of all the pharmacy illuminations. Certainly they seem to be in abundance, but then Optometrists are in proliferation as well, but when a Pharmacy is also an Optometrist, one can only be in Paris.