Located in the heart of the forest of Rambouillet in the Yvelines, in less than an hour from Paris, the Rambouillet area is a wildlife park managed by the french National Forest Office (ONF) where you can observe animals reared in semi freedom: the aurochs, deer, fawns. Upon entering the heart of 180 hectares of [...]
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Being located at the edge of the woods or along the aisles of our parks and gardens, daffodils or narcissus are there to celebrate the return of spring and its beautiful days …
Daffodils
A beautiful fir overlooking the valley of Chamonix from the top of its cliff…
Fir-trees
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It seems that New York is the favorite destination of french people in Uncle Sam country. This is not surprising, after all on an historical point of view the most immigrants of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries came from Europe in the United States through the port of New York. New York has been more [...]
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Although smaller in size, the Gorges de la Jonte in the heart of the Cévennes (Lozère, France) have at times looked like a verdant Grand Canyon, patiently carved over millennia by Jonte river in the limestone. A mountain river hard to access, protected by imposing cliffs, which end up in the Tarn river at the [...]
If I had to bet on the natural landscape most photographed in France, it is well and truly on the cliffs at Etretat that I would make my choice. On the 120 km of this coast of alabaster, cliffs at the north and south seaside of the town of Etretat are the most spectacular [...]
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August ‘07
The Quiberon peninsula, in the Morbihan (Britanny, France), is separated from the mainland by a relatively narrow isthmus, leaving in its just the narrower space to the track, the road (D768), and a piece of beach. During the high season, this road is very used by tourists who want to go to Quiberon and [...]
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August 07.
We leave from Quimper, take the D784, and turn after Audierne on a small and very pleasant road . There is a little bit car traffic, but not too much, it is still not the French Riviera, and it’s much better like that… We arrive mid-morning in the parking, situated at the end [...]
Waked up at 6 o’clock this morning of August, I discover the Pointe de la Torche, this cape located on the edge of Brittany, right next to St Guénolé village. I arrive on the beach half an hour before sunrise, which allows me to enjoy a nice cool morning and the early morning light, [...]
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Last sunday was a nice and sunny afternoon, it was pleasant to make some tourism… and difficult to resist to the temptation of taking photos of a very classic and famous place : the -recently restored- front of Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, whereof its majestic silhouette has been already captured millions of times on [...]
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