Photo Gallery: La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois
La Rochefoucauld in the Charente department was on our route from Limoges to Cognac as we followed D10 and D13, and we stopped just because…
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2023-03-31
Gounod's Faust at Limoges opera
Opera in Limoges: Gounod’s “Faust”
A chance to see an opera while seeing Limoges for the first time I had hoped we'd get to Limoges, which we'd never been to,…
2023-03-31
Two weeks in France with Kristian
Touring by car March 14-28, 2023
Last year as well as this January, I kept to trains and buses to explore France. It's so convenient because you're going from the center…
2023-03-30
A quick look at Bourges
Bourges was my first day trip out of Vierzon, as I expected it to be the most interesting, and it was. It's a good-sized city…
2023-02-03
Issoudun
I'd seen some reasonable properties in Issoudun and wanted to take a look, so this was one of my targets for exploring from Vierzon. You…
2023-01-28
Auberge de la Poule Noire
A lunchtime visit to La Charité-sur-Loire
Seeing charming photos of Auberge de la Poule Noire near the Loire in Charité when I was studying a Google map pushed me to get…
2023-01-20
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
What a long name! Cosne-sur-Loire was joined with Cours fifty years ago, but people may still just say "Cosne" when refering to the town. This…
2023-01-20
Nevers in Photos
By now it should not be news that I like cities on the water. This month I'm exploring cities on the Yonne and the Loire.…
2023-01-20
Auxerre: Photo gallery
Supplementing my post on Auxerre, here are more pictures from my visit January 9-14, 2023. The town is a wonderful jumble of medieval, 1700-1800s and…
2023-01-15
First stop 2023: Auxerre
After just three nights in Paris, I caught a train to Auxerre, capital of the Yonne, a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. I've roamed around Burgundy by…
2023-01-15
Grape leaves, tomato and arugula with pomegranate, fresh okra
Some glimpses of Turkish food
The first homemade Turkish food I've had, here actually in Türkiye, was in Çanakkale at the home of some of my host Mustafa's friends. I…
2022-07-14
Narbonne’s Halles and Restos
It was one p.m. when I settled into my airbnb in Narbonne, but as I found the hours for Les Halles online as running till…
2022-06-22