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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Trip to France
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:10:29 +1000
Great collection of images Chris, I think my favourite is the beach huts.

...Wayne


> 
> We spent the first week of June in France, on a short break.  The weather
> was a little iffy initially, but it settled down to just right.  We drove
to
> Portsmouth, on the south coast and stayed a night in an indifferent B and
B.
> We then took the day ferry from Portsmouth to Caen (Ouistreham is the
> port) before driving to the Villa Aliénor in Les Andelys
> 
> I've put only a few of my shots on Zone-10:
> 
> The Moulin Rouge on Boulevard Clichy; we stayed on Rue Blanche, not far
> from this place.  I couldn't reccomend it, but my lovely X100S captured it
> pretty well, I thought:
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5867
> 
> We enjoyed an evening visit to the Île de la Cité; the cathedral was
closed,
> but people-watching was a decent substitute.  This is a quick snap, but
not
> too bad for all that:
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5880
> 
> Here's the lovely Notre Dame and Seine in panorama:
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5871
> 
> And, slightly later, looking the other way, the sunset on the Seine:
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5874
> 
> On our last day we visited the St Germain area, just strolling around, and
> came upon this rather lovely church:
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5877
> 
> After leaving Paris, we spent another night in Les Andelys before heading
> back to Ouistreham to catch the early ferry back to Portsmouth.  This gave
us
> the opportunity to wander the windy beach where we found a memorial
> that I had not seen before:
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5886
> 
> France is, of course, a beautiful country; and Paris had its share of
beauty.  I
> had not seen the Louvre before, nor the Tuilleries.  There was beauty all
over
> the place:
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5883
> 
> It had been 32 years since Julia and I had a few days of our honeymoon in
> Paris, staying at the Cercle des Armées on Place St Augustin and it was
really
> good to be back, enjoying the place.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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