France + All Things French
The Eiffel Tower is our #PhotoSunday subject.
Did you know 300 workers, 18,038 pieces of wrought iron and 2.5 million rivets were needed to build the Tower? Or, that Madame Eiffel’s birthday is celebrated on the completion date of the Tower on 31 March each year?
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Today the Canal du Blavet is our #PhotoSunday photo. The canalised Blavet River is one of the links in the Brittany canal system and it connects with the Canal de Nantes à Brest.
Colourful canal boats are permanently moored along this canal and with its tow paths, playgrounds and mooring spots it’s a popular canal.
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Welcome ‘French Property News’ reader to A French Collection. You have read a little about us and our French home already in your June edition of French Property News Magazine, and here on the blog our French Life Series continues with more of our adventures, mishaps and everyday life of living in a farming village.
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Angers is often described as the gateway to the Loire Valley. It is also home to the formidable 13th century Château built by Louis IX from 1230-1240 and remodelled by Henri III in 1585. With gardens on the top of the rampart walls, a chapel, dungeons and the speciality built museum for the Anger’s Tapestry of the Apocalypse, this château is a fabulous place to visit.
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France is so overflowing with breathtaking Cathédrales, Châteaux and Palaces that you need never travel further than most local villages without being able to admire yet another fine example of architectural history.
The abundance of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical and Gothic Revival structures living side by side with modernism and post modernism buildings has made the French, I believe, a little nonchalant about the diverse history they dwell amongst. As a visitor to France however, I cannot be but sometimes overwhelmed, awestruck and envious of the rich heritage of this European country.
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Welcome to A French Collection, your one stop for everything on France and All Things French.
With us you’ll find travel advice and tips; fabulous recipes and food ideas; French inspired fashion and gorgeous French decor. We also review books and films about France or set in France. With practical information on living, working and moving to France the everyday questions are also answered.
A French Collection also conducts small group tours of Paris and Brittany which are lead by me, Annette, and give you the opportunity to experience France first hand and create your own memories.
We also share our story of living in a farming village in Brittany where our 150 year old holiday cottage is home to family adventures and the mishaps of living in a foreign country.
You can find out more about our blog and our amazing tours of Paris and Brittany at France and All Things French and to get an authentic view on life in a Breton farming village read Our Life In France Series.
If you want to know more about me and my family as featured in the international magazine French Property News, read A Dream Come True.
Enjoy and thanks for joining us at A French Collection
Thank you to everyone that commented on their favourite post. It was great to hear what post you enjoyed reading the most. With so many entrants and fabulous comments and messages, it was just too hard to choose only two winners. I have therefore chosen five lucky readers who will win French market bags.
I have already notified, via email the five readers who have won. If you are a winner you will receive your French market bags shortly.
Thanks again to everyone who shared their thoughts on what post you loved the most and why.
Annette
Just in case you missed some of the most popular posts, as voted by readers, here’s a few…
Living in France – ABC Newcastle Radio Interviews with Annette Charlton – the inside scope of living in France
Mussels in White Wine & Garlic Recipe – a typical French recipe in Breton cafes and harbour-side restaurants
Toulouse: City of Violets – why is Toulouse famous for its violets? And its annual Violet festival?
My heart is heavy,
My prayers are fervent,
and
My thoughts are sad.
Thinking of all my French friends and colleagues at this time of great sadness.
