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Random photos #96 – #100
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 #96 – face2face —
Domaine des Bidaudieres, Vouvray
If you have been following our trip to the Val de Loire, and our story about finding the chateau we booked (click here to read), this is the second place where we ended up. Because we cannot extend our unplanned stay at Chateau des Arpentis (click here to see it), the owner, Sylvie offered us a room
Farewell – Bon Voyage and Solari Boards
This post is dedicated to a friend, JL who departed recently. A while back, we did a post on Louis Vuitton and the use of Solari di Udine board to sell luggage in its NY flagship store. We mused then: I bet these boards must have appeared in dozens of movies to help depict the
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
