The Palais Bourbon a.k.a the Assemblée Nationale (i.e. the French House of Representatives) I can’t remember why it was being all patriotic that day. I think it had to do with the 2006 World Cup… or not…
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Today, I’m ending my series of posts about Albi with a few lines and pictures about the Palais de la Berbie. The palace was built in the 13th Century by Durand de Beaucaire who was Albi’s Bishop at the time. The fortress (because it is a fortress) was […]
Palais de la Berbie à Albi
Another of those old postcards from the correspondence between my grandfather and this young woman his family hosted during World War One and with whom he must have had a relationship (that was before he met my grandmother in case you’re wondering). The text on the picture says: […]
Que penser d’un aveu qui n’ose s’exprimer?
A couple of months ago I told you about Cathedral Saint Cecilia in Albi. Sure, you may have thought it was beautiful, impressive, unique, but maybe you were not totally sure what was the big deal about it. Maybe that was because you hadn’t seen how it’s like inside […]
Inside Albi’s Cathedral of Saint Cecilia
Back in the days, when one of my blogs had a traffic spike coming from something unexpected, I’d just be ecstatic about it, and think no further. But that was back in the days. Since then, I have learned about SEO and I’ve been trying to apply that new-found knowledge to […]