Des fênetres de Provins

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VWj3_5g1u7VfNEjSoKBpuTqXoRZFH_5iF6Xkal6cIEKgdBttomaFf4mdROisJVtOq9LjFzUFheK9bAXLNV0qkpeTz1h_2Sai0cShWPezhTjrbotEVAlhOfJ3ACPe1Nu5QeJfpYT-c6s/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_76DSC_4700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VWj3_5g1u7VfNEjSoKBpuTqXoRZFH_5iF6Xkal6cIEKgdBttomaFf4mdROisJVtOq9LjFzUFheK9bAXLNV0qkpeTz1h_2Sai0cShWPezhTjrbotEVAlhOfJ3ACPe1Nu5QeJfpYT-c6s/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_76DSC_4700.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Windows in Provins</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With just a quick train ride out of Paris (from Gare de l'Est)<br />you can be in the midst of a Medieval village<br />with a panoramic view of the landscape. <br /><br /><br />Many of the 11th century buildings are relatively unchanged.<br /> It is an easy day trip out of Paris and has a very quiet, peaceful feeling.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">16, rue du Four des Raines </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">77160, Provins </span></i></div></div>

Des fênetres de Provins

Windows in Provins With just a quick train ride out of Paris (from Gare de l'Est) you can be in the midst of a Medieval village with a p...

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La Chaumière en l'Île - la terrasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vFuaewEMR7nRw_fyTNIiKjyKEaC-TfsANReGB89z_GZ6IUdxsTAoyA0hHGwAIzMxFandeDaViQLLO3ovI0_Z5Sr3UvW6rzBDWCyl9hUOyKcWnj3l0pllhP-5UOn-IdF4vKBhuAh_dJs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_60DSC_4308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vFuaewEMR7nRw_fyTNIiKjyKEaC-TfsANReGB89z_GZ6IUdxsTAoyA0hHGwAIzMxFandeDaViQLLO3ovI0_Z5Sr3UvW6rzBDWCyl9hUOyKcWnj3l0pllhP-5UOn-IdF4vKBhuAh_dJs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_60DSC_4308.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Chaumière en l'Île</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a quiet street, under the shade of trees,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> this terrace looks quite inviting.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, I am always a bit suspicious </div><div style="text-align: center;">when there is a sign in English.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Perhaps I am a tourist-snob?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Chaumière en l'Île</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, rue Jean du Bellay</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Île Saint-Louis</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Chaumière en l'Île - la terrasse

La Chaumière en l'Île On a quiet street, under the shade of trees,  this terrace looks quite inviting.   However, I am always a bit susp...

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Des oranges et des fraises

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSc68YbIDSb130bxkVfsFq8kEQTCDQYpuIFV6SeoEpY4IH0Eum0Bpkj99fVLinYBwvROJ8T0Xge1jxsXPjXx5yaPM_WIRgCzehhlIm_l6ObGsWYiV1igxfdhpN3EZd6vHycRUa6wJ_FHM/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSc68YbIDSb130bxkVfsFq8kEQTCDQYpuIFV6SeoEpY4IH0Eum0Bpkj99fVLinYBwvROJ8T0Xge1jxsXPjXx5yaPM_WIRgCzehhlIm_l6ObGsWYiV1igxfdhpN3EZd6vHycRUa6wJ_FHM/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0379.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oranges and strawberries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This fruit was as delicious as it looked.  The strawberries had that just-picked look and taste, but the oranges, oh my!  They were an explosion of a perfect mix of sweet and tart in your mouth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a group of friends in for an early evening at our favorite apartment on St. Roch.  We devoured all the fruit as well as the radishes, baguettes, saucisson sec....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eat well this week!</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rue St Roch</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Des oranges et des fraises

Oranges and strawberries This fruit was as delicious as it looked.  The strawberries had that just-picked look and taste, but the oranges, o...

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