My roots of my encounter with France was Paris, therefore the part of the title of my blog; however, my first encounter of a monument was the Château de Fontainebleau. You need to read about the castle in my blog, several posts over the years. However, I believe this corner of it, deserves a post… Continue reading The Chapelle de la Trinité of the Château de Fontainebleau, part I !!!

And I get nostalgic and sentimental each time I need to write about Meaux . This one was briefly mentioned in previous posts but felled needed to have it in one post, me think. I like to tell you and me more about Meaux.  A nice town bordering the Marne river in Seine et Marne dept… Continue reading The American monument of Meaux !!

Ok so let me update this older post for you and me. On my road warrior trips in my belle France, I come into many towns, some I just passed by and others stayed a bit. This is the case of what we call Doué la Fontaine, and now officially call Doué en Anjou.  The… Continue reading We call it Doué-la-Fontaine !

This is Loire river area in the in the Maine et Loire dept 49 of the Pays de la Loire region to pay a visit to Fontevraud l’Abbaye or the Notre Dame Abbey of Fontevraud . One of the sights not to miss in my belle France, me think. I have combine posts into one to reflect the abbey history more with the same… Continue reading The Fontevraud l’Abbaye !!!