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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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The ironer in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe
On a hot summer day ironing is not exactly tempting. We should not complain when thinking about the way women had to do it in the past. They had to keep a stove near them to warm their irons which were heavy, needed to be cleaned not to leave marks on...
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Painting and heritage in Buissoncourt
Each year the Association Peinture et Patrimoine Lorrain organizes painting competitions in villages. Each painter must paint something which shows the village or part of it, the heritage. People choose the base, the way to make their painting. They can...
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Decorated bookshop in Lunéville
As we were walking around the farmers' market in Lunéville, I noticed decorations on a house nearby. Dummies, sort of men, were hanging from the wall, sitting near windows, all different and colourful. I was quite puzzled and decided to go nearer. From...
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Farmers' Market in Lunéville
We've got a farm shop not far but a farmers' market is different. You can have a chat with the farmers, they make you taste what they sell, ask for opinions and you are tempted more easily. The marché fermier happens twice a month in Lunéville from March...
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Ford T and Renault Torpedo
When we arrived in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe the four old cars were the first things we saw. Among them there were one Ford T and one Renault Torpedo. Both of them were made in the 1920s. My Husband spoke straight away about engines, cylinders, power... A...
