Chenonceau

Fine Art Friday: The Loire Châteaux

1 April 2011
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Growing up I had a pretty limited imagination about kings and queens. Especially the castles they lived in, which in my mind were always constructed in simple blocky stones and it always seemed that each king and queen had a single castle from which to rule their kingdom. In fact, I’m pretty sure my childhood imagination [...]

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Creature Comfort

1 November 2010
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For anyone who knows me, you should have already figured out that I’m an animal lover. Even though I once said I would never want a dog (though I love dogs too), France has changed that idea for me. The main reason I didn’t want one in the US was because I didn’t want to [...]

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Chenonceau

30 October 2010
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I knew before I reached the vaste open plains of the Loire that I would love it here – what a relief I was right. Sure the winters here are a bit more harsh than those of the south of France, but I love the lushness of the long, flat feilds that break between thick [...]

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