On May 31, 2014, the town of Montmirail, France, not far from Paris, will host a reenactment of Napoleon’s victory near the town 200 years ago. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity for visitors, as well as the battle, a dinner, by reservation, at the chateau with the “emperor”, bivouacs to be visited, a remembrance of the Great War on June 1st, even a concert.
Read more here, in France Today.
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
PortMoresby guides us to a community weekend market at a historic Northern California home (07/23/2014)
My discovery of the Kennet & Avon Canal was a revelation. I’d been confronted with a dilemma, the fact that
On a walk that had taken us past Assumption Cathedral, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the French Embassy, into a Muslim
Any idea if they’ll do a 200 year reenactment of Waterloo in 2015, PortMoresby?
I suspect not. There was a question, a few years back when Eurostar came into London’s Waterloo Station from Paris, whether it was to make the point to every French person who bought a ticket.