Christa1004's photos

Rest until next spring for paddel boats number 1-8...

Still summer-looking forest, beginning October!

The tidal coefficients indicate the magnitude of the predicted tide (the difference in height between consecutive full and low seas). The maximum possible coefficient is 120, which corresponds to the highest open sea or low tide that can be given.

Exposition de voitures vintage. Nous pouvions voir la Delorean, voiture et machine à remonter le temps, du film "Retour vers le Futur" ainsi qu'un Stutz Blackhawk, une voiture américaine ultra-luxueuse fabriquée de 1971 à 1987 avec seulement 617 exemplaires; Il n'y avait eu que 5 en France. La voiture présentée (à partir de 1973 - voir Pips de la photo précédente) a les initiales d'Elton John sur le volant. Exhibition of vintage cars, we could also see the DeLorean, car and time machine, from the movie "Back to the Future" and a Stutz Blackhawk, an American ultra-luxury car manufactured from 1971 through 1987 with only 617 copies; there had been only 5 in France. The presented car (from 1973 - see PiPs from the previous photo) has the initials of Elton John on the steering wheel.

Ceci est un extrait d'une photo : je l'avais pris en grand angle pour avoir la rangée de voitures anciennes. Ce n'est que sur l'écran de mon PC que j'ai pris conscience de ces personnes qui complètent la scène de manière originale. This is an excerpt from a photo: I took it at a wide angle to have the row of vintage cars. It was only on the screen of my PC that I became aware of these people who complement the scene in an original way.

...où a eu lieu le championnat de France de Drone Racing (course de drones). ... where took place the championship of France in Drone Racing.

Decorative ceiling of the stairs of honor (escalier d'honneur). The castle's richly sculpted interior decoration once again reflects the influence of the Italian renaissance.

The Château d'Azay-le-Rideau was built between 1518 and 1527 on an island in the Indre River. It seems to rise straight out of the waters, which reflect the castle's façades so that the château appears to float in its own image. A subtle blend of French tradition and innovative Italian decor, it is an icon of the new art of building in the Loire Valley in the 16th C. Its successive owners have helped to make it the most architecturally harmonious treasure in the Loire Valley.

See 2 ° PiP for the global view. Honoré de Balzac compared the castle of Azay-le-Rideau to "a cut diamond with facets set by the Indre". En attendant l'ouverture des grilles, voir 2° PiP pour la vue globale. Honoré de Balzac comparait le château d'Azay-le-Rideau à "un diamant taillé à facettes serti par l'Indre".

In a vast grassland, further along the river Sarthe there is this small 15th C. chapel on the site where Saint-Ceneri originally settled. The chapel contains a statue of the Saint to which various miracles have been attributed: young ladies hoping to get married soon should bring a needle with them to the chapel to stick in the robe of the saint - if it stays in place you will be married within a year. Equally, ladies wanting to get pregnant should lie on the large stone in the chapel floor, which was the stone on which the saint slept, and can expect to fall pregnant shortly.