I had a cold but nice sunrise, and after my coffee I had to find some facilities, or at least some open desert. I opened Janet’s curtains and hustled up…
The “fountain of the belle eau” was the retreat of kings for about 800 years. And I just learned, showcased the beginning of the modern age in France. Two rulers of…
He was a real stallion, painted life-sized in 1762 by George Stubbs. At that time, a form called “heroic couplets” was the most popular for poetry, thus in them my…
Two famous women sojourned at the seat of the Ducs de Bourbon. While the duke’s castle has been reduced to one drab tower, used as a jail, the world still…
