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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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Ypres, a pleasant town in Flanders
We went to Ypres to see the Menin Gate Memorial, but we really enjoyed walking around the old center of this town situated in West Flanders. First the architecture of the buildings is so different from here. And the work done after the war to rebuild...
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The Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium
Nearly one year after writing this, I found this text in Rye and Battle Observer and decided to place the link after my own article. It explains so much about the pilgrimage of British people to Ypres. Ypres is a pleasant town to visit but, above all,...
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Lille, a pleasant walk around
Our week end in Lille at the end of September was the opportunity to have long walks in the town. We discovered big squares, narrow lanes, but also all these typical buildings of the north of France. The architecture is so different from the ones in Lorraine....
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Lille 3000-Renaissance, the parade
Last spring we planned a long week end in Lille to meet our English friends and we chose the last week end of September. We didn't know the town and it was more or less half way from each home. When we arrived at the hotel, we discovered that there was...
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Christmas forever in Riquewihr in Alsace
I heard about the shop in Riquewihr where Chrismas is celebrated all year long several years ago, but had not time to go till last summer. We discovered Riquewihr and its typical streets first, "picturesque" as it is written on postcards. Then we easily...
