Category: photos

  • Musée des Blindés, Saumur

    Continuing with our visit of Saumur … on the theme of military transportation, from live horses to their modern mechanical replacements … After touring the National Riding School (Ecole nationale d’Equitation), we quickly drove over to the Musée des Blindés (Armoured Vehicle Museum). Unfortunately, it was late in the afternoon and the museum was closing. So we looked…

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  • Random photos #91 – #95

    These are photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city).   random photo #91 – enter –…

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  • Random photos #86 – #90

    These are photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #86 – McB – Interlaken…

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  • Random photos #76 – #80

    These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #76 –  fountain  –…

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  • Musée de Champignon, Saumur

    Continuing with our visit of the Val de Loire … People in the area did not just live in caves (see our hotel in caves here and here), they use it to store wine and to grow mushroom. Apparently, more than half of the mushrooms cultivated in France come from this area and Anjou (just…

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  • Random photos #71 – #75

    These are photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). This set of five photos, I think…

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