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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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8th of May
V-E Day is a public holiday in France. It has not always been. Twice a president decided it would be a "normal" day and twice the day was a public holiday again. On television and radio we hear about the different ceremonies to celebrate the end of WW2...
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Basilica in Saint Nicolas de Port
When you arrive near Saint Nicolas de Port, you can't miss it. Such a high building amongst small houses. You can see it from far away but we are so used to it that regularly we drive on the roads around without noticing the basilica. It was built between...
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Quiche lorraine
The quiche lorraine is a very simple pie to make. You need puff pastry, double cream, milk, eggs and diced smoked bacon. And that's all ! It is said that it was first made with cheese instead of bacon. And the first ones were cooked about 300 hundreds...
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The Blue Line of the Vosges
The Vosges mountains are the boundary between Alsace and Lorraine. They are old mountains so, even in winter, when you look at them from far away (from Nancy for example), you don't see white peaks but a long blue line. Is the colour due to the numerous...
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First of May
The First of May in France is called Fête du Travail, word for word "Celebration of Work". That's why we don't work on this day ! I'm not sure it is really logical. So we'd better use Workers' Day. But it is also the day people offer lily of the valley....
