Saturday, August 20, 2011

Chateau d'Urfe Revisited, 2011

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This chateau in Champoly, France was built and inhabited from the 12th to the 18th centuries. Following the French Revolution it was pa...

Champoly, 2011

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 Champoly is on the northwestern side of the Rhone-Alpes region, in the Loire Department of France. It is on the extreme western slope of...

Some People of Champoly

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 Lionel, below, had a party for the whole town and friends.  That means a couple of hundred people. Fredric's father Alain came to...

Starting the Wall at Champoly Chateau d'Urfe 2011

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As in 2010, Alan and Cyane enrolled in a volunteer program through the French organization Rempart. http://www.rempart.com/ We spent two wee...

Super-Formidable: Super-Great

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The next seven posts or 'chapters' show the people who were on our volunteer Rempart team in Champoly, working on Chateau d'Urfe...

Le Gentil Homme: The Gentleman

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 Jean has fun with other people. Below, he is on the left with his roommates.  Jean and Marion on an early morning walk.  The date on the ...

La Fete Russe: The Russians Really Know How to Party

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 Poline, above and Nika, get things going and are a lively pair.  'Nikatastrophe' Yegor, the Cossack, below. 

Les Jumeaux Enormes: The Strong 'Twins'

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 Elias and Yegor may be from different countries (Tunisia and Russia), but they are kindred spirits. They can work, and they can eat!

Les Chevallieres: The Equestrians

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 Florence, of the beautiful smile and blue eyes, above. Celine, the chanteuse, below. Both are accomplished horse riders, among other tal...

Le Chercheur des Pierres et L'Osservateure: The Finder of Stones and The Observor

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 Alan took on the task of finding good stones for the stone wall being built.  Cyane was happy to recover from food poisoning and see her f...