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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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From La Petite Pierre in Alsace
We like La Petite Pierre. This small town is in Alsace if you have to mention the region, but the obvious point is that it is situated in the Vosges mountains. La Petite Pierre is surrounded by woods. It is nice to walk there. This time we stopped at...
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Meisenthal glassworks
Each year we hear about Meisenthal in Moselle, as each year the glassworks there creates a new Christmas tree ornament, and each time with a different shape. I don't know about 2015 yet, but in the previous years, the shape of Meisenthal ornaments has...
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WW1 military cemetery in Champenoux
After our walk in the arboretum of Amance, we stopped at the necropolis of Champenoux. This WW1 French military cemetery was created in 1919. 2862 French soldiers are buried there, most of them killed during the battle of Grand Couronné in August and...
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Arboretum in Amance in 2015
As last year the arboretum of Amance opened its gates to celebrate the Fête de la Nature last week end. We discovered activities we saw in 2014 like recognizing trees. The path through the trees was the same (I think), European trees first then American...
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Basilique du Bois-Chenu near Domremy
After a visit to the house of Joan of Arc in Domremy, it is common to go to the basilica which is about one mile away. It was built from 1881 to 1926 near the place where Joan of Arc was tending sheep when she heard the voices of Sainte Catherine, Sainte...
