This week's challenge : Inside. Inside the "Marvel," the Abbey built on the hillside of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, the Big Wheel used to be the means by which all goods from the outside were brought inside. And it IS a BIG wheel, indeed! [Fr] Au cœur de la "Merveille," l'Abbaye construite à flanc de colline [...]
Étiquette : Weekly Photo Challenge
Weekly Photo Challenge : An Unusual Point Of View
This week's challenge : An Unusual POV. The Grand Bé island, right in front of Saint-Malo, Brittany, is only accessible at low tide. It's a rock with a few bushes and an interesting view over the fortified city. Its main attraction: Châteaubriand, a famous French poet of the 19th century, is burried there. A simple [...]
Photo of the Month/Weekly Photo Challenge : High Tides in Saint-Malo
Last week in Saint-Malo, Normandy, the coast registered one of the Highest Tides of the year and we were there! At sunset, the water was all the way up the wooden pillars in front of the docks, some 26 ft. higher than at low tide. Everybody was out and about taking pictures and enjoying the [...]
Weekly Photo Challenge : Focus
This week's challenge : Focus. Raul and I ended up at the Mont-Saint-Michel yesterday, our last stop in Normandy. Thinking of the lattest article of the Dailypost because I sensed it would give out our challenge this week and because "Focus" is something I've been working on in my own pictures during my vacation, I [...]
Weekly Photo Challenge : Carefree
This week's challenge : Carefree. We spotted this lovely couple savoring their Champagne at sunset, high on the castle wall in Bonnieux, one of France's Most Beautiful Villages, the other day. Not a care in the world... (Es) El otro día, vimos a esa linda pareja saboreando su copa de Champagne al atardecer, sentada en [...]
Les Petits Pas de Juls 