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/image%2F0569107%2F20190728%2Fob_84896b_old-times-reminders.jpg "It has been a long time since my last article. After seeing quite...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170807%2Fob_8fcd92_battle-east-sussex.JPG "To Christine to celebrate 40 years of (pen) friendship I have...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170720%2Fob_6c42bd_stud-farm-rosieres-aux-salines.JPG "Before 1760 there were saltworks in Rosières-aux-Salines. The...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170707%2Fob_713610_hohlandsbourg-castle.JPG "Hohlandsbourg castle, near Wintzenheim, is built on a top of...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170611%2Fob_3fc7b5_strasbourg-cathedral.JPG "Strasbourg cathedral can be seen from far away and recognized...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170604%2Fob_1a8993_la-cure-d-air-trianon-jardin-et-halle.JPG "Each time gardens are open in Lorraine we try to visit new ones....")
/image%2F0569107%2F201310%2Fob_292156a378c4812f793a083a6389aa8c_dscf1790.JPG "After the first book tree I saw in Nancy more than three years...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170430%2Fob_812daf_turckheim-porte-de-france.JPG "Turckheim is very near Colmar in Alsace. I went there years ago...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170424%2Fob_90c591_kaysersberg-4-2017.JPG "As usual we stopped in Kaysersberg on our way to the center of...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170408%2Fob_e713a4_nyckel-harpa-2017.JPG "Last week end we had another opportunity to go to the castle...")
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Wood shop window by Vallin in Nancy
When we left Place Stanislas last week, we walked in rue des Dominicains to look at shop windows and, nearly straight away, I saw the old Goudchaux shop, which is not Goudchaux any more but a bank. I am sure I have walked in front of this building quite...
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Ephemeral garden about WW1 on Place Stanislas
This year the subject of the ephemeral garden on Place Stanislas in Nancy is 1914, paysage fortifié (1914, fortified landscape). I wondered what can be done with plants to describe a war. So, last week, we discovered different patches, each one with a...
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Fête du Potimarron in Lunéville castle
As last year we went to Lunéville last week end to enjoy the Fête du Potimarron (red kuri squash fair). It was the 25th fair and, this year, the crop was good. It was a warm and sunny Sunday, so there was a crowd near the castle and in the park. People...
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Which studies and job to choose in the Village des Métiers ?
Sometimes parents have to go with their children to help them for a choice or just to get information. I did this on Friday with one of our children and went to a show called Village des Métiers (Village of Jobs) in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy. We hoped to meet...
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Quetsches time
Once we have finished to deal with mirabelle plums in Lorraine, we go on with quetsch plums. I checked the translation and one dictionary proposed "damson". No, a damson is round and their colour is a sort of reddish one. The quetsches are dark purple...
