This coming Thursday, July 14th, is
Bastille Day, a national holiday in France. Bastille Day marks the day in 1789 when the Bastille, a prison/fortress in Paris, was stormed by the everyday people in an act of rebellion against royal authority and abuses. The event essentially ushered in the French Revolution, and today the holiday can be equated in importance to Independence Day in the United States.
I honor of Bastille Day, this week I will be putting up a series of posts about my visits to France. It's about time this
truly beautiful and romantic country got its due in my blog. I'll begin with a few "in-the-field" shots of a wayfarer caught wayfaring around various French habitats.
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| Our wayfarer in gardens at Versailles |
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| Versailles, swarming with wayfarers...and beauty |
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| One wayfarer meets another. Statue of Ulysses in garden at Napoleon III chateau in Compiègne |
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| In the Pyrenees in Lourdes |
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| Dressed wayfarer and undressed gentleman, in the Tuileries in Paris |
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| Wayfarer catches a cat...for cuddling. In LaGroie near Poitiers |
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| Dwarfed by the great Jeanne d'Arc, in Compiègne, where she was captured by the English and sold to the Burgundians |
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| Wayfaring feet wading into the Mediterranean, in Marseille |
À bientôt...
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