Looking for churches and other France adventures.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2008
When traveling this year, we spent a memorable afternoon at Giverny, Monet’s home and garden which is located not far from Paris. Although quite crowded with tourists, we lingered till the end of the day and caught some tranquil vistas that were quite familiar.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 17th, 2008
In honor of the last few weeks of summer, here is a photo of the Mediterranean traveling from Cannes to the peaceful Ste Marguerite, one of the Iles de Lérins, a group of beautiful islands in the bay.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2007
Church hunt fans, don’t despair. The site was upgraded to a new version of Word Press, but now the beautiful theme is not quite working. I’ll be working on a new look that will appear shortly.
Also, please forgive the “pause” in posts. Years ago my fellow travelers instituted a “moratorium” on France talk [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2007
Tania came to visit today. It was very fun. I showed her how to write in this blog and how to post a photo. The photo of my little elfin kitty Squeaky looks so sweet I decided to share it with the world. As you can see, Squeak resembles a young Audrey Hepburn.
Meow, we’ll [...]
Posted in Drome - Other Items of Interest, Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2007
It was a thrilling two weeks in France–the first one in Drome Provencale and the other spent with friends in Ardeche. It’s always a little sad to be back, but it will be fun to post our adventures and talk about the new churches we have seen as well as recounting tales of [...]
Posted in Drome - Churches, Uncategorized on May 29th, 2007
The Cathedral of Notre Dame & St Paul was classified as a historic building in 1841 then restored under Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870). Its construction dates from the 11th century and lasted until the beginning of XIIIe, i.e. at the height of the Romanesque architecture characterized by a “imposing sobrietyâ€.
Built out of calcareous stone, the dimensions [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15th, 2007
I have used a small general European bird book for the last 4 years. I kept meaning to get a more detailed one, but luckily for me procrastination has paid off–there is a great “Birds of Europe” book by Killian Mullarney, Lars Svennson, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter J. Gran that has stellar reviews and has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2007
No doubt, on our search for the hidden churches of Drome Provencale, we will see many birds in the countryside. I found this list of birds found around Mont Ventoux–we will need to be on the lookout!
Blackcaps, Blue rock thrush, Buzzard and Honey buzzard, Eagles - golden and short-toed, golden oriole, Hoopoe, House martins, Kites- [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4th, 2007
I found this simple map showing all the nearby villages. Notice how very close St Paul Trois Chateaux (our village, St Restitut is just several miles away)is to Vaison-La-Romaine (a favorite town of ours from past trips.) The big blank area at the bottom is Mont Ventoux.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2007
This petite village, 9 km from Grignan, is home to the Romanesque church of St Martin dating from the 11th & 12th century. The bell tower is notable. A few sources note that the church is set apart from the village. There are also the remnants of a medieval tower and ramparts.