Archive for the tag 'France'
Filed under Art, Holidays, Paris 2012
United Buddy Bears
This is a collage of some of the photos I took of the travelling Buddy Bears when they were displayed underneath the Eiffel Tower last Autumn.
On my recent weekend away in Paris I went up the Eiffel tower and when I looked down at the Champs de Mars from the viewing platform I noticed, through the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2013
Filed under Books, Carcassonne 2012, Holidays
The Knights Templar from Glory to Tragedy by Patrick Huchet
Synopsis (from book cover):
After the taking of Jerusalem by crusaders in the year of grace 1099, pilgrims started to travel to Palestine in ever greater numbers to worship at the tomb of Christ, the Holy Sepulchre. It was to ensure their protection that in 1119 – 1120, a knight from Champagne, Hugh de Payns, founded [...]
Comments Off CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2013
Filed under Holidays, Paris 2012
The Trocadero Gardens from Above
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 2nd 2013
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The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
Synopsis (from book cover):
It’s 1928, Freddie Watson is still grieving for his brother, lost in the Great War. Driving through the foothills of the French Pyrenees, his car spins off the road in a snowstorm. Freddie takes refuge in an isolated village and there meets a beautiful, captivating woman. They spend the night talking of love and loss and war. But [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 29th 2012
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Reflections
The Eiffel Tower is currently having a glass viewing platform installed so unfortunately the view is slightly impaired by scaffolding.
Comments Off CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2012
