Tag Archives: La Touraine

Parting glances

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

This is a grab-bag of thoughts, but mostly images, as I get ready to head home after 7 weeks in France. These involve my time in the provinces – before Paris. Vocabulary: my definition of a good waiter is one … Continue reading →

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A Few More Richelieu Photos

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

More, because I like this photogenic town so much, and the grand park which Cardinal Richelieu created as the setting for his château. These shots give some idea of the straight lines of the streets. First the Grande Rue, where … Continue reading →

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Evening in la Touraine

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Remember the skies on your summer evenings as a child. Pale blue, pale gold, the light ran clear as water. The day, and your freedom, would never end. Somewhere in your mind there was a knowing that you would be … Continue reading →

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Il faut cultiver son jardin

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

Tend your garden – that they do at Villandry. Another 16th-century Renaissance château, on the southern bank of the Loire, it’s all about the vast gardens. The aim was, and is, to create gardens in perfect harmony with nature and … Continue reading →

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En pleine campagne

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

I am indeed in the deep of the country (en pleine campagne; or, la France profonde), in what the French call a gîte. This translates literally as “shelter” or “lodging” but neither of those words truly gets it. A gîte … Continue reading →

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Châteaux

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Azay-le-Rideau: A 16th-century Renaissance masterpiece, for its scale and proportions in harmony with the river (the Indre) which it borders, and partially extends over. The river reflects it. The three-storey grand staircase with twin bays -loggias – at each floor … Continue reading →

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Dolmen adventure

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Returning from a trip to the picturesque old river port of Candes-St.-Martin, which is on the southern bank of the Loire at its juncture with the Vienne – I took a different route home, just for variety, and was rewarded … Continue reading →

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Good Day Sunshine

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

The rainy spell may be over. It produced flooding – and rainbows – And today, le premier mai – a national holiday (like our Labor Day, it is to honor work and workers; there’s also an unrelated tradition of buying … Continue reading →

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The Green, Green Garden of France

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Seven weeks of French spring began for me early on Wednesday morning with touch-down at CDG. Customs, suitcase retrieval and check-in at the in-airport train station took about 15 minutes, giving me an hour for a bracing café crème and … Continue reading →

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