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    24 maja 2024
    Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik
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    Temporary snedentary lifestyle

    19 maja 2024, Niemcy ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    I've been back since 6 days and have been looking after the garden and the vehicles. I changed the oil on my scooter 🛵 the day before yesterday, and the battery 🪫 on the car is currently being charged. In future, I won't forget to unscrew the battery isolator (in German, this is also called a "Nato bone") 🤪. I hope the battery is still OK.

    Luckily, tomorrow is a holiday, so I'll have enough time to get the paperwork in order, because on Friday I'm off again. This time by truck through Holland 🇳🇱🌷 and Belgium 🇧🇪 to Normandy in France 🇫🇷, to drive around there for 2 weeks with the roof tent.

    The hammock is ready, only my shoes are missing, I left them in Heidrun's motorhome. Of course, nothing works without my super shoes (unfortunately they're also super expensive), they always accompany me (along with the Teva flip-flops). Barefoot, high-quality flip-flops or health shoes with extremely good toe freedom - I can't stand anything else on my feet 🦶.

    Nomadic life, I‘m coming soon 😍.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Ready packed

    23 maja 2024, Niemcy ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Everything is packed, I‘ll leave tomorrow morning ❤️ 🚛 ❤️

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Make kilometers

    25 maja 2024, Niemcy ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Tonight we spent the night at a truck stop on the route and it rained heavily during the night. Luckily the tents are made of good, waterproof material.

    We just picked up some people at Duisburg station and now we're all together. Now we're heading over the Rhine to Holland 7and then through Belgium to France. So today we're covering some distance and I do not care that it‘s a rainy day. Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens

    25 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    The Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Amiens. It is situated on a slight ridge overlooking the River Somme in Amiens.

    The cathedral was built almost entirely between 1220 and 1270, a remarkably short period of time for a Gothic cathedral, giving it an unusual unity of style. Amiens is an early example of the High Gothic period, and the Rayonnant style of Gothic architecture.

    The Rayonnant appeared in the triforiuum and clerestory, which were begun in 1236, and in the enlarged high windows of the choir, added in the mid-1250s.

    Its builders were trying to maximize the internal dimensions in order to reach for the heavens and bring in more light. As a result, Amiens Cathedral is the largest in France, 200 000 cubic metres, large enough to contain two cathedrals the size of Notre Dame of Paris. 😱

    The cathedral has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981. Although it has lost much of its original stained glass, Amiens Cathedral is renowned for the quality and quantity of early 13th-century Gothic sculpture in the main west façade and the south transept portal, and a large quantity of polychrome sculpture from later periods inside the building.

    In any case an impressive building!     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Amiens

    25 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Finally we arrived in France, more accurate in Amiens.

    Amiens is a city in northern France, located 120km north of Paris and 100km south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France and has a population of approximately 135 000.

    A central landmark of the city is Amiens Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France.

    Jules Verne lived in Amiens from 1871 until his death in 1905, and served on the city council for 15 years and Amiens is the birthplace of Emmanuel Macron.

    So I took a short stroll through the city when I visited the cathedral and for sure bought a welcome to France croissant 😍.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Maison de Claude Monet

    26 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    The house is located in Giverny and was rented by Claude Monet in May 1883. In November 1890 he was able to buy the house and the land. He lived and painted there for 43 years and was inspired by his gardens

    He believed that it was important to surround himself with nature and paint outdoors. He created many paintings of his house and gardens, especially of water lilies in the pond, the Japanese bridge, and a weeping willow tree.

    You can visit some parts of the house.
    The ground floor: the blue salon (the reading room), the "épicerie" (the larder), the living room/studio, the dining room and the blue-tiled kitchen.

    The first floor: the family rooms, including Monet's bedroom, which was renovated in March 2013 as well as Alice Hoschedé's bedroom and their private apartments. Also visible is the room of Blanche Hoschedé, which was recreated in 2013 based on archives and existing elements present in the house.

    The studio next to the home, where Monet painted his large Water Lilies paintings and murals, including those exhibited in Paris' Musée de l'Orangerie. This studio is now the Foundation's gift shop.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Les jardins de Claude Monet à Giverny

    26 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    That's a garden, I tell you, magnificent! I'll take it - but the people have to go and someone else has to pay the gardeners 🤪.

    "Les jardins et la maison de Claude Monet" is the name given to the former residence of the impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840–1926), which is managed by the Fondation Claude Monet in the French village of Giverny in the Eure department (Normandy).

    After the artist rented the house, he first created an ornamental garden behind it, called the "clos normand", which he covered with a profusion of flowers. In November 1890, he was able to buy the house and the property. In 1893, Monet expanded the garden, which was now being tended by six gardeners, to include a small piece of land on the Epte. In the years that followed, the so-called jardin d'eau, or water garden, was created there, with a water lily pond spanned by a bridge based on the Japanese model, which Monet often used as a motif.

    Monet loved gardening, read specialist literature, and visited garden exhibitions. The garden not only served as a place of relaxation, but also inspired him for his paintings.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Chateau Gaillard

    26 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Château Gaillard is a medieval castle ruin overlooking the River Seine above the commune of Les Andelys.

    Construction began in 1196 under the auspices of Richard the Lionheart, who was simultaneously King of England and feudal Duke of Normandy. The castle was expensive to build, but the majority of the work was done in an unusually short period of time.

    It took just two years and, at the same time, the town of Petit Andely was constructed. Château Gaillard has a complex and advanced design, and uses early principles of concentric fortification; it was also one of the earliest European castles to use machicolations.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

    26 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is a Catholic church which can be found in the city centre of Rouen.

    It reminds me of the stave churches in Norway. The building has something of a Viking ship and the corners remind me of dragons.

    It was completed in 1979 in the centre of the ancient market square, known as the Place du Vieux-Marché, the place where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy in 1431. A small garden, Le Bouchet, which is outside and to the north of the church marks the exact spot.

    The modern church Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc and the adjacent market halls were designed by the architect Louis Arretche, who was commissioned in 1969. The sweeping curves of the structure are meant to evoke both the flames that consumed Joan of Arc and an overturned longship. Many early Christian churches were designed in the shape of an overturned boat. The market halls simultaneously resemble smaller overturned boats and fish with gaping mouths, which are also rich Christian symbols. The tiled roof echoes this theme and forms a covered walkway over the square.

    Definitely a stunning building ❤️!     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Rouen

    26 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Today I strolled a bit around in Rouen and was quite impressed. Youcan find some quite old buildings in the old town.

    Rouen is a city on the River Seine in northern France. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population of the metropolitan area is about 700 000 and people from Rouen are known as Rouennais.

    Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy during the Middle Ages. From the 13th century onwards, the city experienced a remarkable economic boom, thanks in particular to the development of textile factories and river trade. Claimed by both the French and the English during the Hundred Years' War, it was on its soil that Joan of Arc was tried and burned alive on 30 May 1431.

    Severely damaged by the wave of bombing in 1944, it nevertheless regained its economic dynamism in the post-war period thanks to its industrial sites and its large seaport, which today is the fifth largest in France.

    Don't pass by, have a look!     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen

    26 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    The Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen is a Catholic church in Rouen. It is famous for its three towers, each in a different style.

    When you walk straight from to the Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc through the old town, you can't miss it.

    The cathedral, built and rebuilt over a period of more than eight hundred years, has features from Early Gothic to late Flamboyant and Renaissance architecture. It also has a place in art history as the subject of a series of impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, and in architecture history as from 1876 to 1880, it was the tallest building in the world.

    I look at cathedrals often, most of the time for me it's only about the architecture. This time it was different, there was some kind of holy spirit 👻 around...     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Étretat

    27 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    Étretat is a commune in the the Normandy region of Northwestern France. It is a tourist and farming town situated about 32 km northeast of Le Havre.

    Étretat is best known for its chalk cliffs, including three natural arches and a pointed formation called L'Aiguille or the Needle, which rises 70 metres above the sea. The Etretat Chalk Complex, as it is known, consists of a complex stratigraphy of Turonian and Coniacian chalks. Some of the cliffs are as high as 90 metres.

    These cliffs and the associated resort beach attracted artists including Eugène Boudin, Charles Daubigny, Gustave Courbet and Claude Monet. They were featured prominently in the 1909 Arsène Lupin novel The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc. They also feature in the 2014 film Lucy, directed by Luc Besson.

    Two of the three famous arches are visible from the town, the Porte d'Aval, and the Porte d'Amont. The Manneporte is the third and the biggest one, and cannot be seen from the town.

    Fortunately we arrived there after the rain...     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Honfleur

    27 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department 😋. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from Le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie.

    It is especially known for its old port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted frequently by artists. Like all the towns here there have been many notable artists, including, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind. They all meet at La Ferme Saint Siméon, which is now a 5-star hotel, and create the "Saint Siméon gathering" contributing to the appearance of the Impressionist movement.

    The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest wooden church in France.

    It's a nice but very touristic place and I suggest you don't drink ANY coffee there (cappuccino 6.-).     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Deauville & Trouville-sur-Mer

    27 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    The attractions of Deauville include its harbour, race course, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino, and sumptuous hotels. The first Deauville Asian Film Festival took place in 1999.

    Deauville is one of the most prestigious seaside resorts in all of France. As the closest seaside resort to Paris, the city and its region of the Côte Fleurie (Flowery Coast) has long been home to French high society's seaside houses and is often referred to as the Parisian riviera.

    Deauville & Trouville-sur-Mer share a train station, why?

    Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville across the River Touques. This fishing-village on the English Channel became a popular tourist attraction (beach-resort and holiday-destination) in Normandy from the 19th century. Its long sandy beach earned then the nickname of "queen of the beaches" ("Reine des plages") or "most beautiful beach in the world".

    So you can tell in which city you are only because you see the city sign in the middle. Well and we went from one city to the other by boat 🛥️🤣.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Falaises de Jobourg

    28 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

    Todsy we went hiking in the Falaises de Joboug which is a protected natural site.

    It's an amazing and windy coast with stunning rock formations. One is called "Le nez de Jobourg" (Jobourg Nose) and a rocky promontory of Icartian gneiss, located at the southern end of Cape La Hague. It is the oldest geological area of ​​the Cotentin, dating from the Precambrian (two billion years old).

    The formerly called community of Jobourg (now La Hague) is surrounded by moorland and is not far away from the Phare de Goury (Goury Lighthouse), a lighthouse 100 metres away from the Goury beach. Jobourg has one nice beach on its commune, the Baie d'Écalgrain ("Écalgrain Beach"). The average temperature of the sea is 20 °C in summer. About 200 meters from the village is the CROSSMA, in charge of the busy traffic in the English Channel.

    One typical fête in Jobourg is the Fête des Moutons, a sheep festival that take place the first weekend of August. The festival features contests in which border collies heard geese and sheep.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey

    29 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    I think everybody knows but better safe than sorry : Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy.

    Aubert, Bishop of Avranches, had a sanctuary built on Mont-Tombe in 708 in honour of the Archangel. The mountain quickly became an important place of pilgrimage. In the 10th century, the Duke of Normandy settled Benedictine monks here, and a village was built below, which extended to the rock in the 14th century.

    The abbey is an essential part of the structural composition of the town the feudal society constructed. On top, God, the abbey, and monastery; below this, the Great halls, then stores and housing, and at the bottom (outside the walls), fishermen's and farmers' housing.

    The abbey has been protected as a French monument historique since 1862. Since 1979, the site as a whole – i.e., the Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay – has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is managed by the Centre des monuments nationaux.

    With more than 1 335 million visitors in 2010, the abbey is among the most visited cultural sites in France.

    So today I went there, since it was raining I took the shuttle bus, which is free from charge and runs round about every 10 minutes.

    I was lucky that it was raining and I started at 9 o'clock, so it was not as crowded as it could be.

    All in all it's a nice historical location but I think the interesting part is that it's an island. Since we stay on the campside directly at the shore I will go there again this evening when hopefully the clouds and the rain are gone and I can have a look at the island in the sunset.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Gina SteinerNormandie & Bretagne, FrancePodróżnik

    Olympic torch

    29 maja 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    The Olympic torch is currently travelling through France. Stage 21 on May 31st will take it from Cherbourg-en-Cotentin through Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Saint-Lô and Sainte-Mère-Église. These villages played an important role during the Normandy landings in World War II. The Olympic convoy will then continue its journey to Granville and Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny before finally reaching Mont-Saint-Michel. That's why a school of acrobatics is currently setting up here and practicing for the big day. They are standing here next to our bus and I was able to watch them rehearsing today. Czytaj więcej

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