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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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First spring day in Lorraine
On the first spring day this beautiful weather is really attracting people outside. A gentle wind and 22 °C (71.6 °F) make us enjoy walking, gardening or simply sitting in the sun. It is a good opportunity to go out of the village with the dog and try...
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Salt mine in Varangéville
The mine in Varangéville is the only salt mine in France but also the last mine still working in France. It started in 1855 with another mine shaft quite near from the one on the picture. This one, called Puits Saint Jean-Baptiste, started in 1869. We...
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Spring time in Lorraine
About three weeks ago I wrote winter was over in Lorraine. It is even more true now. Temperatures are really above average this year. For about ten days they have been going between 16°C (60° F) and 19°C (66° F) in day time. Spring is here. Plants are...
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So many at the Foire Grasse in Lunéville
Each time we go to the Foire Grasse in Lunéville I am surprised by the quantity and sorts of saucissons secs (dried French sausages). Each year there are more. Of course all people selling meat at the fair also sell the simple saucisson sec (pork only,...
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597th Foire Grasse in Lunéville
For 597 years the day before Shrove Tuesday has been the day Lunéville organizes its fair, the Foire Grasse (Fat Fair). The first happened in 1417. People wanted to sell all their meat and eggs before Lent started. A part of this idea has been kept nowadays....
