| Page Views: 3,695 Last Visit to Les Andelys: October, 2003 | A Lovely Little Village in a Beautiful Setting by aussiedoug - last update: Dec 14, 2003 |
| View from Richard Lionheart castle ruins |
Our group from the Art
Gallery Society of New South Wales (see my Paris page) had lunch and a look around this lovely little village after our visit to Giverny and Jardien de Monet. Despite the weather being tres ordinaire with overcast conditions and the occasional drop of rain we all enjoyed this place. Was it the lovely lunch with a couple of glasses of good quality vin blanc that prepared us so well to appreciate this village or was it the village itself? A rhetorical question! |
After a delightful lunch a the Hotel Normandie (see Restaurant tip when I get it done) we had a stroll around the streets of la petit Andelys. I dropped in a had a brief chat with a local artist. Unfortunately I can't remember his name. His English was probably equally as bad as my French, but we both thoroughly enjoyed conversing. The photo here shows typical housefronts in the village. Our tourleader (you will see his photo in my restaurant tip) told us that this style originated in the Normandy region and was (I think from memory) taken to Britain either with or after the Norman Invasion. The world now refers to it as "Tudor". If anyone knows anything more specific in regard to this I would love to hear from you. |
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| Pros: | "A lovely village with everything you could want" | | Cons: | "None, close enough to Paris if you need the city" | | In A Nutshell: | "Lovely village in a beautiful setting" |
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christine.j Wed Oct 29, 2008 06:29 UTC
Walking through the streets of the small villages can be so much fun. | oisha Sun Oct 19, 2008 07:02 UTC
Hey Doug. Great to hear from you! Which place are you visiting next April? Canberra or Geneva?? | TheWanderingCamel Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:47 UTC
Used to holiday near here regularly, We loved this castle and its fantastic setting. Nice memories here - leyle | skywalkerbeth Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:50 UTC
don't you just love it here? I fell asleep in the warm sunlight on the hill looking at the fortress. |
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