Window shopping for James' Weekend Reflections.----------------------------
Lèche-vitrines pour les Reflets du Weekend de James.
Window shopping for James' Weekend Reflections.| Reactions: |
I took you to Gonards cemetary recently and said that I would have to go back because I hadn't found the celebrities tombs. That was a bit of a lie, because I had actually found one: Louis Blériot, the pioneer aviator who completed the first cross Channel flight in 1909.
Il y a quelques temps, je vous racontais ma promenade au cimetière des Gonards. Je disais n'y avoir pas trouvé les célébrités, ce qui était un peu un mensonge, puisque j'y ai trouvé au moins la tombe de Louis Blériot, premier homme à traverser la Manche en 1909 à bord d'un avion.
There aren't many Citroën 2CV ("two steam horses") around anymore, though there seems to be one in Eagan, Minnesota! There's the new Mini, the new Beetle, the gorgeous new Fiat 500, we guys are wondering why Citroën hasn't yet followed with the new Deux Chevaux...
A detail of a door inside the Petit Trianon, queen Marie-Antoinette's estate in the palace grounds.| Reactions: |

My inspiration for this post clearly came from Italy. Awhile back, Vogon Poet featured trash in Livorno. Some days, the versaillais don't do much better. Let's hope it was a special trash collection day. Sorry I didn't have time to visit all your blogs yesterday.
La maison Beaudet has been catering in Versailles for over 30 years and let me tell you, this is just an appetiser! You can actually see the shop if you look at this post: it's the burgundy awning on the left!
The sun and a cloud reflected in a side basin of the Grand Canal in the palace grounds for James' Weekend Reflections. This photo was taken end of October.| Reactions: |
Yesterday I showed you the French World War I tombs. There are also a great many British soldiers whose tombs stand in rows at Gonards cemetary. Here's to Captain R.E. Tanner, Lieutenants G.H. Hewitt, C. Dunlop, Lieutenant Colonel G. de W. Verner, Privates O. F. A. Ebdon and G.T Fox, randomly chosen as English, Welsh, Scots and Irish men who fought and died on French soil during the great war.

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