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Newsletter February 2012

January 31st, 2012 at 12:48 pm

From Americans in France. Boat on a River This is the first shot in a time lapse video I took of the Saône River in Burgundy. Frenchman’s Travels in the US Not sure how I missed it, French globetrotter, Antoine de Maximy, made a film of his trave ...

Newsletter January 2012

January 3rd, 2012 at 3:30 am

From Americans in France. Très bonne année à tous! Winter Fun After the hottest year in more than a century, winter arrived in France. 2011 turned out to be even hotter than 2003, known for its summer heat wave that year. 2011 didn’t have ...

Newsletter December 2011

December 2nd, 2011 at 12:59 pm

From Americans in France. Seasons Greetings/Joyeuse Fêtes from Americans in France! Silent Again This is rue de Silence after its facelift. As I reported in my July newsletter rue de Silence along with the square in front of the local church â ...

Newsletter November 2011

November 1st, 2011 at 3:20 am

From Americans in France. Burgundy in the Fall This is looking at the village of Chardonnay from vineyards that surround it. This photo and others I recently took were from an October weekend in Burgundy.During the weekend I was able to meet four ...

Newsletter October 2011

October 3rd, 2011 at 1:33 pm

From Americans in France. Longest Table in France? I saw this table during Journées européennes du Patrimoine - European Heritage Days last month at the William-Morrey Hospital in Chalon-sur-Saône. This 19th century table is 21 feet long and almo ...

Newsletter September 2011

September 5th, 2011 at 4:24 am

Newsletter September 2011 From Americans in France. The Little Cars that Can This little car is sometimes called a Voiturette or more likely a Voiture sans Permis, a ‘car’ that can be driven without a license - sans permis. There’s been a ...

Southern Burgundy Explorer

August 4th, 2011 at 4:23 pm

From Americans in France. Burgundy in the Palm of Your Hand This is a screenshot for my now live Southern Burgundy Explorer app. No sooner do I send out my newsletter than Apple goes ahead and approves my app! So for those of you with an iPhone/iPad ...

Newsletter August 2011

August 2nd, 2011 at 1:48 am

From Americans in France. Bigfoot Growing up in California I heard a lot about Bigfoot. But never thought I’d really see some tracks...in of all places, France! Okay the photo above isn't ‘real’ Bigfoot footprints. These giant footprints are f ...

Newsletter July 2011

July 3rd, 2011 at 4:32 pm

From Americans in France. Rue de Silence Under Construction For the next month or so, rue de Silence won’t live up to its name. My town, La Roche sur Foron, is in the process of converting two streets in le centre-ville into semi-pedestrian. Along ...

Newsletter June 2011

May 31st, 2011 at 8:20 am

From Americans in France . Photos from a week in the South of France Market in Aix-en-Provence. This newsletter is similar to the one from September 2010, in that it’s mostly photos of my recent week in the South of France. The base was La Cadièr ...