view from our hotel.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Bernard's Travels: Saint-Malo Walled city
Bernard's Travels: Saint-Malo Walled city: From the Walls of Saint-Malo Saint-Malo the famous granite city, is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the Englis...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Château de la Loire Chenonceau
We spent 2 and half days
in the Châteaux de la Loire ending on Monday Morning in château de
Chenonceau under a grey and rainy day early morning. More pictures to
come on the Châteaux de la Loire.
enjoy
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Visit at the Mont Saint-Michel
We
left Paris with a weather forecast that was assuring us of sunny sky.
Well weather.com was not accurate at all. We visited the Mont
Saint-Michel under a grey sky unfortunately.
Mont
Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy,
France. It is located approximately one kilometre off the country's
north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near
Avranches. The population of the island is 44. The island has held
strategic fortifications since ancient times, and since the 8th
century AD been the seat of the monastery from which it draws its
name. The Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay are part of the UNESCO list
of World Heritage Sites. More than 3,000,000 people visit it each
year.
Tidal
island Mont Saint-Michel was previously connected to the mainland via
a tidal causeway. This connection has been altered over the
centuries. In 1879, the tidal causeway was converted into a raised or
dry causeway. This prevented the tide from scouring the silt around
the mount.
On
16 June 2006, the French prime minister and regional authorities
announced a €164 million project to build a hydraulic dam using the
waters of the river Couesnon and of tides to help remove the
accumulated silt deposited by the rising tides, and to make
Mont-Saint-Michel an island again. It was projected to be completed
by 2015.
The
construction of the dam began in 2009 and is now complete. The
project also included the removal of the causeway and its visitors
car-park. It will be replaced by a light bridge, allowing the waters
to flow freely around the island, which will improve the efficiency
of the now operational dam.
Bonne
visite.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Flame of Liberty and Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Yesterday
Friday 31st of August was the 15th anniversary of the tragic accident
of Lady Diana. Believe it or not Flame of Liberty was still full of
people coming from everywhere to remember her memory.
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