All Posts Tagged With: "chenonceau"
French History – The Tears of Chenonceau
French History is the World’s greatest(and longest running)action adventure movie. Chock full of everything you could want in a Hollywood blockbuster.(expect the SFX, bien sur.) Love, Intrigue, Betrayal, Murder, Assassination, Torture, War,Plagues. And, ocassionally, a few brief periods of peace, happiniess and justice for all. Although I am, as you are well aware, a “dyed […]
28Mar2025 | Bicycle Gourmet | 8 comments | Continued
The Birth (And Death)of Impressionism – Part One
Early in the 1860s a few young artists began to paint modern life as they saw .They had quietly rejected the idea that art was to tell stories of religious mythology or history. They were not interested in the past. Contrary to popular belief, Impressionism is not a style but an attitude toward the […]
24Mar2025 | Bicycle Gourmet | 0 comments | Continued
France’s Most Amazing Chateau?
Chenonceau The Dream French Chateau is the one, of all I have known and seen – that I would like to be the owner of. While it’s a cliche to say Chenonceau is “steeped in History” (and what French Chetau isn’t?) it is a history basically of rivalry and romance. The rivalry being between […]
23Jun2023 | Bicycle Gourmet | 34 comments | Continued