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From the Tropics to the City of Light. Places to Eat and Drink. With captions in French and English. I hope my information on the places I visit will give a new perspective to your travels. I blog 3 times a week, including insights into living in France and the places I travel to, a weekly bloggers’ round-up and reflections on the French language in Friday’s French. In 2012, we bought our house in the Loire Valley – Closerie Falaiseau. 8211; built in 1584 and will be moving there at the end of October 20...
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Days on the Claise: Biodiversity at Chaumont
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011. Since the 2011 Chaumont garden festiva. L theme was concerned with biodiversity, I thought I would post some pictures to show you how well they are doing. On a hot day in July there is quite a lot of wildlife other than plants to see. A male Hornet Mimic Hoverfly Volucella zonaria. In French), one of the largest hoverflies, enjoying an Echinacea purpurea. This Bank Vole Myodes glareolus. In French) was scurrying about in a rustic pavillion (below). As an excellent alternative.
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Days on the Claise: Top End Flooding
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Sunday, 2 August 2015. August 02, 2015 9:32 am. I hope that that tree is in a dry gulch! Else theyd be needing an ark. Hope yesterday went well. August 02, 2015 9:33 am. And I am not going to moan when our meadow gets a bit wet either. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Loire Valley Time Travel. We started Loire Valley Time Travel in 2009, helping visitors explore the historic and fascinating Loire Valley in style. Book a tour with us in one of our classic 1950s Citroen Traction Avant cars. A small town...
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Days on the Claise: The Rise and Fall of the Silk Industry in the Touraine
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Friday, 7 August 2015. The Rise and Fall of the Silk Industry in the Touraine. Once upon a time Tours was the centre of the silk industry in France. Wealthy folk from all over northern Europe would come to the city to stock up on fine cloth. The industry started in the late 15th century with Louis XI sponsoring the planting of white mulberry trees and encouraging housewives to earn a little extra cash by raising silkworms in the many abandoned limestone quarries along the Loire. Near Azay le Rideau.
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Days on the Claise: Mechanical Curiosities at the Domaine de Cande
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Tuesday, 4 August 2015. Mechanical Curiosities at the Domaine de Cande. Has just opened at the chateau of Candé. As is often the case with Candé they have chosen to support an artist who works in mixed media, found objects and with a distinctly quirky and mechanical bent. The works are commissioned for the rooms they are placed in. A little man pushes a broom around and around. A 'windmill' drives an automatic pen which writes on brown paper tape. The exhibition finishes on 15 October 2015. Situated at t...
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Days on the Claise: Yummy Korean Food
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015. I wrote the other day about my birthday. When I was in Korea ten years ago. Because I was working for a month I had a good chance to sample may many foods, but not being one of those people who routinely photographs their food (there are better things to be doing with it, quite frankly) I don't have evidence of much of it. Photos I do have include:. Labels: Food and Drink. August 05, 2015 9:15 am. How could you NOT like Goo Goo Ice Cream! August 05, 2015 9:22 am. It was some kim...
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Days on the Claise: Rebranded Grocery Store
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Thursday, 6 August 2015. The other day I noticed that one of the little grocery stores in Preuilly has been rebranded. It used to be a Vival. Now it is an Epi-Service. The new name is a play on words. The French word for grocery store is épicerie. The shop offers the following: groceries; regional products; pre-cut blocks of cheese (as opposed to whole cheeses); they take bank cards and make home deliveries. Labels: Food and Drink. August 06, 2015 9:29 am. Aha Proolie has an Epi-Centre, too! Loire Valley...
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Days on the Claise: Clafoutis Bakeoff
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011. It's probably a bit late in the season to be writing about clafoutis. My sour cherries were all picked by 5 June this year. Nevertheless, the latest summer edition of Régal ('Feast') features no less than three clafoutis. Recipes, on pages 60, 76 and a whole page article on the subject on page 114 (which I have shamelessly cribbed for most of the information in this post). Unlike the Limousin griottes. Tourangelle sour cherries are. And much the same as each other. The family class...
