Here it is, a final burst of fireworks from a day that had it all:
is this any way to start the day?
Yvoy le Marron: village chat
he gets around (but why not through the chimney?)
la vraie campagne (the real countryside)
the sun comes out
the ducks play
forest light
Later, in Bourges:
here as well
first stop: pastries of course
dare I order the big one?
no, two small ones will do (Ed shares)
crowds come out on this last Saturday before Christmas
but at dusk, in the shadows of the cathedral...
it's not all about shopping -- a Christmas fair: colorful scarves, beautiful voices
at the fair: a dreamer
hot stuff
on stilts: working the crowds
And back at the Auberge du Cheval Blanc:
the best meat dish of the trip: terrine with onion confiture
scaling back: only 4 this time
the best rendition of that oozing chocolate indulgence
Another pink coat!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing you back in Madison soon.
Oh, what lovely pictures! The fruit tarte looks just amazing - next time you'll have to buy the big one!
ReplyDeleteBut what's up with the Santas hanging from ropes? No reindeer?
Have a safe trip back!
Glad you had a nice trip! I was interested to see that the French tie their scarves around the outside of their coat collars. You never see that here.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteI like that saffron Christo scarf!
From now on, whenever I hear the expression "scaling back," I'll always think of it in the "Nina sense" of continuing to indulge, but only to a lesser degree of excess.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a safe and easy trip home!
I'm back. Thanks to your kind thoughts, I had the most effortless return trip ever.
ReplyDeleteIt's all about scarves in France. Forget the food, the art, the joie de vivre. If you walk the streets on a cool day every person has a colorful scarf tied in creative ways. It says something about a country where the people care so much about scarves. (I only bought one on this trip. Great restraint on my part. I had none with the pastries though...)