Up the coast from my school in Saint Quay Portrieux is the maritime village of Plouézec (a great, Breton name) and its amazing windmill. Look closely and notice the scaffolding and the little guy in his blue uniform (this is the universal blue collar gear - talk about stigma!). As I cruised along on my borrowed bike a lost couple in their beautiful Mercedes asked me where the road to Paimpol was. I said I was lost too, but humorously we were both coming from the desired destination of the other. "It's just that way a bit," said the lady while pointing. I found the windmill; hope they found Paimpol.
Just outside the city of Verdun in the Lorraine region (in the East of France) is "the Red Zone" where the 10-month Battle of Verdun was fought in 1916. On this site alone rest 15 thousand known French soldiers and 130 thousand unidentified ones.
The lesser known Saint Remi's Basicila in Rheims (Champagne). This is where King Clovis was baptized by the Bishop Remi in the 5th c. AD thus making France a Christian nation.
Little village in Champagne - Sainte Menehould. A local monk born in 1639 named Dom Perignon is reputed to have created the mixture which resulted in the creation of Champagne. (Thanks for letting me visit, Reba.)
Up the coast from my school in Saint Quay Portrieux is the maritime village of Plouézec (a great, Breton name) and its amazing windmill. Look closely and notice the scaffolding and the little guy in his blue uniform (this is the universal blue collar gear - talk about stigma!). As I cruised along on my borrowed bike a lost couple in their beautiful Mercedes asked me where the road to Paimpol was. I said I was lost too, but humorously we were both coming from the desired destination of the other. "It's just that way a bit," said the lady while pointing. I found the windmill; hope they found Paimpol.
Just outside the city of Verdun in the Lorraine region (in the East of France) is "the Red Zone" where the 10-month Battle of Verdun was fought in 1916. On this site alone rest 15 thousand known French soldiers and 130 thousand unidentified ones.
The lesser known Saint Remi's Basicila in Rheims (Champagne). This is where King Clovis was baptized by the Bishop Remi in the 5th c. AD thus making France a Christian nation.
Little village in Champagne - Sainte Menehould. A local monk born in 1639 named Dom Perignon is reputed to have created the mixture which resulted in the creation of Champagne. (Thanks for letting me visit, Reba.)
2 comments:
Praise God that He knows the names of each one of those 150,000 unidentified! Hallelujah!
Love that pic of the Basilica - I might 'borrow' it when we teach our next year's France team about Champagne . . . we work with a church in nearby Chalons en Champagne :) enjoy your travels!
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