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When I was 15 years old I discovered the French cinema (les quatre cents coups of François Truffaut, the classical films of Marcel Carné, the films of Jean-Luc Godard), the Czechoslovaquian cinema (Milos Forman, Jiri Menzel), the Italian realism (Fellini, Vittorio de Sica, Antonioni) and the young directors of my country: Alain Tanner, Michel Soutter, Claude Goretta and Rolf Lyssy.
I enjoy romantic films, but also dramatic, historical, comic films, crime stories of a lot of countries: United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Algeria, Marroco, Mexico, Argentina, Japan , Belgium, Czech Republic Republic, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and France.
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Échappées belles: Week-end dans les deux-sèvres (2021)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Deux-Sèvres: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the "Marais Poitevin" ( the photographer Michl Paradinas and and the picturs for hs book, the itorian Yannis Suire and the story of the drying of of the Marais Poitevin-the Abbey of Maillezais and 4 other abbeys and the making of canals in the 13th centry-the park ranger Richard Joseph and the importance of th ash trees in the Marais Poitevin-the fixing of the banks of the canals, the firewood and the branches for the feedind of the cattle), the tourism in the Marais Poitevin ( Manuel Mercier and the boat tours in the canals-about 120 boatmen and boatwomen-, Carine Pauliac and the Terra Aventura géocaching -a pleasant activity for families-, David Hervouet and tyhe bird park "Les Oiseaux du Marais"-the night heron and other 70 species of birds, the great biodiversity of gthe Marais Poitevin), the gastronomy of the Deux-Sèvres ( the butter produced at Échiré, Michèle, Janine and Nicole preparing the "farci poitevin-the chopped vegetables, eggs and bread crumbs-, the chef David Séguin fishing eels and preparing these eels with parsley and garlic), the young entrepreneurs (Nicolas and Fanny Petit and the organic farming of medicinal plant, Laura Resnier-the traveling hairdresser, Franck Lerceteau and his windmill at Vernoux-en-Gâtine, the restoration of the windmill, Franck's wife Estelle and the selling of the flours), the gardens of the Deux-Sèvres ( Bernard Merlet and the Jardin du Gué-7 hectares and about 2.000 plants-, the Commanderie de Sint-Marc La Lande and the garden of the monks-Anne-Marie and the volunteers taking care for 80 medicinal herbs-, Valérie Barbier and the Jardin des Sens- the workshop with 5 years old children, the discovery of the nature b the senses-), and the castles of the "Deux-Sèvres" ( the Château d'Oiron-Renaissance style- and the contemporary art collection, the ceramist Roul Mrek and the profiles of 150 persons of Oiron, Patrick Duqueroy and the Association of the Coudray-Salbart castle- the animations-) and the Association Dartagnans and the fundraising for the castle of Ebaupinay-the restoration of the castle with the help of the architect Stéphane Berhault).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the balloonist Cléemence Ohl, with the cattle breeder Fabrice Ravard, with with the chf Maxime Guignard and his wife Jordane Vignes, with Sylvie Baudoin and her family, the the animal caretaker Oriande Chevasson, with tree-climbing coach Sébastien, with the story teller Yannick Jaulin andwith Eric Nicholas at Saint-Mesmin castle; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: La Creuse, un Eden naturel (2016)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed ery much this excursion through the Creuse: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the region: the rural exodus and the newcomers ( the T-shirts designer Julien Kern and the promotion of the Creuse, Arélien Noël and Anne Noël and their new life as cheese makers-theselling of the cheeses on the market three times a week, the entrepreneur Olivier Kaulec and the restoration of buildinds in Aubusson), the mountain bikes (Thoms Fourneron and the team Creuse Oxygène , the training twice a week in the forests under the supervision of the Limousin champion Julian Ballion, th "Grande Traversée du Limousin-the mountain bike race into three days, 170 kilometers), the wool in the the Creuse (the sheep breeder Pascal, Jules and the sheep shearing once a year at the spring, Thierry and the spinning factory created in 1911, Jory the carpet designer and Clément the dyer, the making of 170 tons of wool in the Creuse every year), the English residents of the Creuse ( the meeting of English residents and French people for the learning of the French language, the revival of some hamlets and villages with the arrival of English people, the tea room of the Crétiaz hamlet, the mutual aid, Yvan, Timothy and his his wife nd the food truck-the fish and chips-), the masos of the Creuse (the "Creusois" masons working from March to December in Lyon, Saint-Etienne or Paris, Georges Sourioux telling the story of his grandfather, the return to the home and the "Maisons de retour de maçon", the creation in 1911 of the Lycée des Métiers du bâtiments at Felletin), and the forest of the Plateau des Millevaches (the reforestation ,Julien Cassagne and the "sylviculture douce"- a new approach of the forest management, the "Ambiance Bois" sawmill- the larch wood, 25 employees, Thierry and the harvesting of birch sap in the spring-only two liter in each tree, a detox drink-).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with the guesthouse owner Saskia Zandvliet, with the "écier ambulant" Palou , the customer Jean-Pierre and with Odette, with the weaver Nadia, with the painter Rebecca Oliver, with the antique shop owner Bernard, with the kayaking tours organizer Cécile Lasnier, with the cattle breeder Florence Verheyen, with Charles at the Plateau des Millevaches and with the Dutch cook Martin at Saint-Agnant; nice encounters with very kind Creuse men and women.
Échappées belles: Berry, une histoire de coeur (2017)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Berry: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the "Route Jacques Coeur" (the touristic road crossing the Cher department , the story of Jacques Coeu-merchant and master of the mint for the King Charles vii, the coin collector Yannick Iturbe, the Palace of Jacques Coeur at Bourges, the castle of Meillant), the geographical center of France ( Brigitte Malard and the Association Berry Deuche, the Citroen 2 CV drivers and the looking for the center of France-near the motorway, Vesdun or in the Chetif Bois, a good time spent with friends), the donkeys of the Berry (the Grand Noir du Berry, Olivier and the milking of the female donkeys, Cécile and the making of soap with donkey milk and almond oil, the donkey breeder Etienne Mercier and his Grand Noir du Berry donkeys, the "Foire de Lignières"-Philippe Hubert the organizer-, Olivier and Cécile selling theirs soaps), George Sand and the Berry ( the encounter of Aurore Dupin with Jules Sandoz, the Château de Coudray restored by Lydie Raury and her husband, the use of the masculine name George Sand and the women's emancipation, the wine maker and balloonist Sonia Raimbault, the hot air balloon flight over the Sancerre vineyard, the beginning of the grape harvest), the artisans of Berry (Saint Amand-Montrond and the printing houses, the jeweler Frank Daumin and the Lycé technique for jewelry, the pottery at La Borne-the ceramist Charlotte Poulsen and the Centre de Céramique contemporaine-), Jean Linard and his cathedral ( an an artist like the "Facteur Cheval",the chapel which became cathedral, the help of volunteers to maintain the heritage of the artist) and the canoeing on the Loire river ( Yvan Thibaudat ad the crossingof the nature reserve of the Val de Loire by night, the beavers).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Catherine Gasau and Anne-Isabelle Berchon at Bourges, with Axel Gillens and Gillian Spreckley at Issoudun, with the donkeysbreeder Philippe Hubert, with Eric Weinling at Nohant-Vic, with the poultry farmer FrancisLasne and his son, with Laurent Grancher at the Mégisserie Bodin-Joyeux, with Robert Amyot and his family at Aubigny-sur-Nère, with Patrick Luneau, with Philippe Mace and with the cook Jacques Clément at the Parc Naturel de la Brenne; nice encounters with very kind Berry men and women.
Échappées belles: Week-end à Nantes (2018)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Nantes: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: Nantes and the Loire river ( the words of Honoréde Balzac "comme le plus joli ciel du monde", Giovanni and his boat tours on the Loire river-the beautiful landscapes along the river and the crossing of the lock-, the place of the old shipyards tranformed into promenades, Dorothée and her daughter Anouk envoying riding bicycles on the banks of the river, the photographr Erik Brin and his pictures of Nantes -the industrial wastelands, Trentemoult,the old buildings, the banks of the river-), the green spaces of Nantes ( the public parks-Meryl and the yoga practice-, the architect Antoine Mabire and the botanist Philippe Férard-the creation of the "espaces végétalisés"-,200 plants of the littoral-, Mrion and the Association "Ecos" and the wasteland trasformed into gardens, the amateur gardeners Nicole, Jean-aul and Michèle), the salt marshes of Guérande ( about 2000 hectares, the paludières Brigitte and Juliette-independent salt producer- the Cooperative with 60 % of the salt production- about 12.000 tons of salt every year-, the chef Mikael Amisse using "fleur de sel au citron vert" for his cuisine), the famous bicuit Petit Beurre Lu (Sabrine Eude and the store "La Friande", the Lefevre-Utile family and the creation of the Petit beurre in 1886-the growth of the factory, the huge building with its tower-, the Liue Unique as place for cultural activities, the chef Christophe François and the use of crumbles of Petit Beurr for his poêlée de pommes au gingembre), the "Marais de Brière ( the nature park, Matthieu, Alice and Pauline monitoring the migratory birds-, the chef Eric Guérin and the fisherman Michel Moyon fishing carps, the cutler Jean-Henri looking for the "morta"-dead wood sunken in the marsh and the use of it for knife handle) and Saint-Nazaire ( the shipyard of Saint Nazaire-the famous cruise ship Normandie, France and Queen Mary ii-, the making of the "Belissima" cruiser, Tiphaine Yvon-responsable du pôle patrimoine de Saint-Nazaire- speaking about the great era of the ocean liners and how the new era of the cruisers).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the urban farmer Olivier Durand, with the waitress of the Cantine du Voyage Miebli Iyeyeme, with the chef Jean-Yves Guého, with Benoît Boiteau, with the machinists Hélène Jutel and Leslie Podevin, with the rower Anna Piveteau, with the guide Gwenaëlle Evenu, with the boatman François Lelièvre, with the artisans of the Hangar du Pendule, with the wine makers Véronique et Aurore Günter, with the cellar master Rodolphe Meillerais, with earthenware painter Laurie Heissat and the Arnaud Saint Ellier ; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Bassin d'Arcachon, sublime et fragile (2022)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Bassin d'Arcachon: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the vacationers ( the Nunes Nogueira famly coming since 8 years to same camping site, the reencounters with other vacationers, the swimming, the petanque and also the visit of the bird reserve of the Teich, Chantal Simmat and the family house, the tour with the "dériveur"- a sailboat without keel-) , the modern houses of the Bassin d'Arcachon (the art collector Gérard Berga and his tetrodon-a modular habitat created in the seventies-, the historian Elise and the architect Jean-Baptiste and the looking for the modern villas,- the Maison Martineau with its large bay windows-, the architect Raphaëlle and her house on stilts), the oysters in the Bassin d'Arcachon ( the oyster farmer Joël Dupuch and his great knowledge about oysters, the chef Arnaud Chartier buying oysters, the farmer Cyril Perpina and his aromatic plants-the oyster leaf or oyster plant, Mertensia maritima-, the making of a sea bream ceviche with oysters, mango, green lemon and a touch of oyster leaf, Sylvie Latrille and her workshop for people who are afraid of eating an oyster), the Domaine de Certes-et-Graveyron (530 hectares of protected area, the naturalist guide Charles Coupe, the return of birds to this place), the Association "Wings of the Ocean" (the cleaning of the beach of the Moulleau, the plastic wastes, the cartography of the wastes ), the lifeguards at the Plage du Grand Crohot near Cap Ferret ( the "baïnes" and the danger of ocean currents, the practices of rescue with a helicopter) and the lakes of the region ( the Canadian canoe with electric motor on the Lac de Sanguinet, the sandbank of the Lake Biscarosse, Chloé and Pascal and the "vélo-foil", the one-wheel- a type of skate board- for the travel on the paths).
I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaël Khelifa with the skipper and engineer Yves Parlier, with Olivier Linardon, with Alexandre Bert, with Emmanuel and Béatrice Martin, with Aurélie Lalbenque, and with Nicolle Andrieux and Les Elles du Bassin; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Les plaisirs du Bassin d'Arcachon (2017)
A nice excursion
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Bassin d'Arcachon: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Bassin d'Arcachon: the beaches ( Angel Cordero and the maintenance of the beaches, the lifeguard Jodicael Philippeau, the painter Loulou Lalande, the steeplechase race called Adren Addict-there are no winners,just a moment of fun-), the high and low tide in the Bassin d'Arcachon (the maritime station of Cap Ferret and the help to the navigators crossing the bay, the fisherman Christophe and the fishing of dorades,bars rougets and maigres, the fisherman Jean-Marie Breau and the looking for clams, the naturalist guide Pascal and the tours in the mudflats), the "Pinasse" (typical boat of the Bassin d'Arcachon, the shipwright Jean-Baptiste Bossuet, the regatta starting at the beach of Andernos), the chef Stéphane Carrade (the picking of marsh samphire, the visit to the cattle breeder Johann-the eggs, the cow and goat cheeses, the visit to Jean-Pascal Feray, the sturgeon caviar, the rasperry and the caviar), the Dune of Pilat ( 110 meter high and 3 kilometers long, the botanist Aurélien Caillon showing the dunes thistles, the Banc d'Arguin with the migratory birds-terns-, the ornithologist Claude Feigne and the volunteers monitoring the terns) and the beginning of the tourism at Arcachon and Cap Ferret ( the reference to Napoléon iii, the villas , the famous guests like Toulouse-Lautrec and Coco Chanel, the Cap Ferret-a more quiet place-, the villa chez Hortense).
I enjoyed the encounters of Raphaël de Casabianca with the boat captain Eneko Etcheber, with the oyster farmer Sylvie Latrille, with the wine maker Véronique Barthe and with Louis Latrille-Sylvie's son-, with Christian Gousset , with Stéphanie-Eneko's wife-, with the tanner Marielle Philip, with the designer Laure Nieutin, with the canoeing coach Sandra Bacle, her husband Julien and the cheese maker Philippe Szczepanek, with the horse trainer Elisabeth Bernard and the jockey Jean-Bernard Eyquem, with the skier Marco Favrie and Dominique Maitrot; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Randonnée dans les Alpes (2009)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much excursion in the French Alps: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Alpine pastures (Pierrick Rolland and the care for 80 Tarentaise cows, his wife Samantha Rolland making Beaufort cheese, Vincent and Guy Anselme , their sheep and the transhumance from the Provence to the Parc de la Vanoise), the National Park of the Vanoise (the creation of the park in 1963, the area of 53.000 hectare, Gilbert André-former mayor of Bonneval-sur-Arc and one of the founder of the park-, the new summer tourism and the new jobs , the accompagnateur en montagne, writer and journalist Jean-Marie Jeudy, the creation of 500 kilometers of hiking trails), the refuge keeper Laurent Bois-Mariage (the mountain refuge of Prariond, his wife Isabelle , the advices to the hikers and mountains climbers, the management of the water and the electric power-the solar pannels-,the supplying of wood and gaz by helicopter,Laurent carrying food from Val d'Isère on foot), the animals in the National Park of the Vanoise (the park ranger Thierry Arsac and the monitoring of the chamois, marmots and alpine ibex -now about 6.000 chamois and 2.500 Alpine ibex in the park-, Marie Zimmerman and the care for the bearded vulture which has been reintroduced in the Parc de a Vanoise) and the legend of the devil of Bessans (the quarrel of the priest and the cantor in 1857, the sculpture of a devil, the sculptor Félix Personnaz sculpting now devils and saints, Fabrice Personnaz speaking about the devil as part of of the life of the village,the story teller Georges Personnaz and the legend of the "Pont du diable").
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with with Odile Pichot at the Fort de la Platte, with the park ranger Jean-Paul Ferbayre, with the refuge keeper Laurent, with the mountain guide Bernard Ruggieri, with Hervé Dufour, Joseph Blanc "Tito", Jean-Auguste Blanc called Jeannot and Yann Anselme at Bonneval-sur-Arc and with the guide Michel Berneron at Bessans; nice encounters with very kind Savoyard men and women.
Échappées belles: Hauts-de-France, de village en village (2023)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Hauts-de-France: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the corons ( the typical working class housings made with red bricks, the Cité des électriciens at Bruay-la-Buissière-Pas-de-Calais department-, the manager Olivier Thierry, the vegetable gardens- a place of encounters-, Jocelyne remembering her life in the coron, the people meeting together and the moment of friendliness-the cultural animation with a dance company-), the farm and brewery in the Oise department (the Vanderberghe family and the growing of cereals and potatoes, the "Félicité" brewery and the beer-truck), the spoil tips of the Hauts-de-France ( the wine maker Pauline Stanko and the vineyard of Chardonnay grape variety in a spoil tip, Julien Graf and the goats on the spoil tip of the Argales near Rieulay, the educational farm "Les Chevrettes du terril" and the sports in the spoil tips (cyclism, skate¡ing, trail running), Boulogne-sur-Mer and Étaples ( the great fishing port of Boulogne-sur-mer, Etaples-a former fishing port-, the stilting of the river,but every year the celebration of the herring festival), the "Route du Poisson" ( a horse and carriage race from Boulogne-sur-mer to Paris, the draft horses-270 kilometers, 12 teams and 400.00 spectators-, the horse trainer and "cascadeur Mario Lurashi, the horse training, the participation in many films, the horse show at the Polo clup of Apremont near Chantilly), Luc Doissy and the moped tour ( the famous Mobylette, the slow discovery of the landscape, Chrisophe Gauchy and the quarry at at Bonneuil-en-Valois ), the traveling wine and beer merchant Mathieu Banasik ( the beer and wine truck, the market place and the moment of encounter for the villagers), and the forest of the Oise department ( Jean-Luc Chavanis and the walk in the forest with musicians, the moment of connection with the trees, Axelle and the escape game in the forest).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the radio presenter Bruno Lobert, with with Clément Teayhals, with Marie-Christine Dubois Lammens, with the archer Francis Bellynck, with with Stève Stevenart, with Philippe Fromentin, with the boat captain Philippe Forest, with the postman Charles Defoort, with Muriel Richart, with the truck farmer Véronique, with Anne Plee and Olivier Plee at Montreuil-sur-mer and with Delphine Higonnet at Gerberoy; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Des trains pas comme les autres: Italie (2022)
A very nice journey.
I enjoyed very much this journey through Italy: many beautiful landscapes.
Alkso a lot of many nice encounters: the mayoral candiate dressed as the emperor Nero and the reasons of his campaign, the train conductor of the Italo high speed train-the train has been built by Ferrari and has a very high technology-, the Tuscan lady and the talk about the beauty-Tuscany with its beautiful landscapes-the Renaissance with Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo-, Beatrice- the queen of the fresh home made pastas in Brisghella,- the great sense of humour of her mother-, the guide in the Dante Train and the talk about Dante and the Divine Comedy, the sculptor Diego and the visit of the marble quarry of Carrara and the Priest Davide and his work in the parish of Norcia: nice encounters with very kind Italian men and women.
Échappées belles: Les Rocheuses, l'Ouest sauvage (2019)
Wild landscapes and nice encounters.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Rocky Mountains: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the region: the sports in the Rocky mountains ( Drew Mangus and the rafting tours, Virginia Sanfort and the rock climbing in the Ironclads, Johannes Rath and the paragliding), the gold in the Rocky mountains ( the gold diggers looking for goldc in a river, the gold rush in the 19th century: the curator of the Georgetown Museum Kevin Kuharic-the touristic train, travel in the past of the region, Hidee Mine Gold-the gold in the pyrite rocks), the cowboys of Denver (Duke and his life between the urban life and the cowboy life, the painting of the cowboy life, the rodeo arena near the center of Denver and the people enjoying rodeos), the camping in Colorado ( Jason Hatfield and the wild camping, Robert Davis and his wife Christina and their camping trailer), the Rocky Mountains and the dinosaurs (the paleontologist Lewis Taylor-a lot of footprints of the duck-billed dinosaurs, the Denver Museum of Science and Nature-the curator Joseph Sertich speaking about the bones of dinosaurs found near Denver, the Florissant Fossil Quarry-Nancy Anderson and the finding of plant fossils-), the Park of the Rocky Mountains (the 30.000 visitors each day and the disturbance of the animal life, the park ranger Chuck must stop the cars on the road so that the bighorn sheep can crosss the road)and the Denver Arsenal Wildlife Refuge ( the oark ranger Cynthia speaking about the importance of this place-the Ameican bisons and other animals-, the volunteers arranging the hiking trails to keep safe the spaces for the animals).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with Agnès Carrigou atBoulder, with the cowgirl Karen Schultz, with the cattle breeders JW. Robinson and Becky Finley, with the sculptor Brian Semich, with Kirk Bien and his family at the National Park of the r¡Rocky Mountains and with the guide and photographer Jort Vanderveen at the Yosemite Ntional Park; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Week-end à La Rochelle (2020)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion at La Rochelle: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the particularities of La Rochelle (the belonging to the Southwetrs of France, the best sunshine of the French Atlantic Coast, the Stade Rochelais-the local rugby team with a great history, the rugby player Zoe and the proud to play in this team), the sailboats ( Pierre Marie Berard-the boat owner- and Carole and Alexandre who practice sailing on his boat, Olivia Wattinne and the Estrella-lab sailboat, the facilities for handicaped persons to learn sailing), the environmental protection (Angélique Fontainaud and the assoiation Echo-mer, the cleaning of the port, the recycling of the sailclothes, Anne Cigolotti and the people looking for the oysters in the beaches-the importance to protect the fauna-, Guillaume and Mathieu and the investigation about the reproduction of marine species- the seahorse for example-, the Aquarium of La Rochelle with 600 species), the "Lycée maritime et aquacole of La Rochelle ( the professor Jean and the repairing of fishing net, the practices in the fish market or the practics on the training boat-the maintenance of the boat and the rescue of man in the water), the oyster farm of Oléron (Franck Deyres and his oyster farm-the use of natural oysters- ,Evelyne Neron-Morgat and the association of Fort Royer-the restoration of a oyster farmers village and Bruno Gauvain-meilleur ouvrier de France écailler- showing how to open an oyster) and the Island of Aix (Valérie Valade and the horse and carriage tour on the island with her Percheron horses, her duty also as deputy mayor, Pierre Privat, second deputy mayor and member of the local marine escue team, Alison and Franck and the management of the restored Hôtel Napoléon).
I enjoyed the encunters of Jérôme Pitorin with the classic cars collectors Michel Bourdeau and Corinne Chauveau, with the guide Alexandre Caquineau, with the chef Christopher Coutanceau, with the illustrator Christophe Esclafit, with André "Yul" Bronner, with with Marie Dalmon Merlino, with the comedian Bilout, with with the salt producer Amandine Glinche, with the cooks Fabienne and Jean-Philippe Andrez and with the skipper and writer Fabien Clauw; nice encounters with very kind French en and women.
Échappées belles: Irlande (2008)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through Ireland: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this country: the greyhound racing (the race of 6 greyhounds at 80 kilometer/hour, the greyhound breeder Ronnie at Tipperary, the good diet and the training of the dogs, the bookmaker Denis Murphy and the bettings), the Celtic mythology ( the story teller Eddie Lenhinal, the world of the fairies and the elfs, the oral traditional and the recording of old stories), the matchmaking festival of Lisdoonvarna ( the original idea was heping to farmers to fid a spouse,now a great meeting from single persons coming from from Ireland and also from abroad, the matchmaker Willie Daly and the "Matchmaker bar", tthree words "enjoy, dance and try one's luck") , the Irish Gaelic language (the bookstore owner Kenny Desmond of Galway and the importance of publishing book in this language, the Gaelic School at Galway-all the teaching iis Gaelic, Jessika and her father Liam speaking Gaelic) and the Connemara national park ( the park ranger Robert Holloway, the story of the reintroduction of the red deer in the park, 2000 hectars of heath and bogs).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with Mick Langan, with the archaelogist Rose Cleary, with the comedian Noel T. Murphy at Bunratty, with Onya O'Flahorty ,with the equestrian guide Mary Wald and with Laetitia Norel-Killary Kayaking-; nice encounters with very kind Irish men and women.
Échappées belles: La Champagne à vélo (2021)
The beauty of the Champagne countryside.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Champagne: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Champagne: Reims and the bicycles ( the guide Anne-Marie Bonnouvriere and the bike tour through the town-the cathedral, the colored paved street and the Fort de Mars-, Christian and Véronique Gonzalez and their bike tour along the "Voie Verte"-, the mountain bike coach Simon Rogier and the practice in the Massif de Saint-Thierry, the bicycle collector Jean-Michel Althuzer and the bike tour with old bicycles, the bicycle collection at the abbey of the "Trois Fontaines, the fabricant de vélo Maël Jambou (there are only 10 bicycle frame craftsmen in France), the handyman Eric Joffres and the promotion of bicycles made with recovered bike parts at Saint-Dizier), the cellars of the "Maisons de Champagne" ( the Maison Ruinart and the oldest champagne cellar of France-the discovery of the abandoned chalk quarries-, Moët and Chandon-the bigest champagne cellars-28 kilometers and about 80 millions of champagne bottles, the Maison Mercier with the greatest numberof visitors each year, Patrice Legrand- an independent champagne producer- and the Cave aux Coquillages- the cellar in calcareous rocks with a lot of fossils-), the grape harvest in Champagne ( Thierry Lutz at the Côtes des Blancs, the 20 seasonal harvesters, the harvest work, Stéphane Lutz in charge of the wine press, the banquet at the end of the harvest), the slow and quiet discovery of the Champagne ( Chantal Pinteaux and the tours with two donkeys-the Roman roads and part of the Camino de Santiago-, Ingrid Girault and this equestrian center-the horsebackriding through the vineyards, Emmanuel Lenoir and the hot air ballon flights) and the women riding bicycles in Champagne ( the nurse Emmanuelle using the bicycle for her visit to the patients, the retired teacher Marine going by bicycle to the asociative bike repair workshop-where she learns and practices mechanic, the female cyclists Manion and Krieger and the promotion of the feminine cyclism).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the bike tour organizer Jérôme Noiret, with the sellswoman Stéphanie Dupin of the Maison Fossier at Reims, with the history professor Patrick Demouy, with Nicolas Poitevin-the Barcyclette-, with Marot Laurent, her sister Charlotte and her mother Florence at Épernay, with Monica Dumont, with Gaël Vuille and the cellar master Jean-Michel Boons at Hautvilliers, with the photographer Pascal Bourgignon at the Lac du Der, with the cooper Jérôme Viard and his associate Denis Arroman, with the champagne producer Denis and with Nathalie Meyer and brother-law-Victor at Troyes; nice encounters with very kind Champagne men and women.
Échappées belles: La Loire des jardins (2018)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Loire Valley: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the gardens of the Loire valley (Jean-Louis Sureau-manager of the Château d'Amboise- speaking about the quietness and the security after the Hundred Years War and about the the creation of great gardens next to the castles, Marie-Sylvie and her garden at Rochecorbon-the collaboration of the jardiniste conseil Stéphane, the festival international des jardins at Chaumont-sur-Loire, the gargen as an "ouvre-d'art vivante) the Château de Rivau and its rose garden ( the perfumer Nicolas de Barry smelling the roses, the reconstitution of old perfumes), the picking of wild plants and the cooking ( Emilie Boillot and her botanical walks in the forests with the chefs Gaëtan and Elisa, the elderry and the wild garlic, the restaurant "L'Evidence" at Montbazon, the chef Gaëtan preparing young pigeon meat with peas and herbs), the Parc oriental de Maulévrier ( the greatest Japanese garden of Europe- 24 hectares and about 400 plants, the head gardener Didier and the pruning of the yew trees-the shape of clouds-, Hervé Raimbault speaking about the story of the Japanese garden, the taiko music in the park, in the night the lights and the gongs), the Loire Sauvage (the photographerNicolas Lenartowski, the great biodiversity of the Loire Valley, the picture of the cormorants on the sandbank,the pictures taken from a helicopter), the guide Joris Leclercq and the canoeing in the wilderness of the Loire river), Camille Peschard and the equestrian trails along the river ( the draft horses, the cultural visits-the Fleury Abbey at Saint-Benoît and the Château de Chamerolles-, the participation in the Fêtes de Jeanne d'Arc at Orleans-the knight with armour) and the underground galleries along the Loire river ( in the market of Saumur Selim Salim and his mushrooms growed in an underground gallery, the stonecutter Jean-Claude Gazeau and athe story of the abandoned "tuffeau" quarries, the mayor Sylvie Taugourdeau and the troglodytic hamlet of Bourg-Neuf-Dompierre-sur-Loire-,the cve transformed into a guesthouse).
I enjoyed the encounters of Raphaël de Casabianca with the owner of the Villandry castle Henri Carvallo, with the head gardener Laurent Portuguez and the gardeners Oswald and Véronique, with the gilder Della Louis-Durandet and the tower owner Axel Fontaine in Blois, with the chef Christophe Hay and the fishermen Patrice and Sylvain, with the boatman Clément Sirgue and with the former mayor of Chédigny Pierre Louault; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: La presqu'île du Cotentin (2020)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Cotentin peninsula: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Cap de la Hague and the Raz Blanchard ( the photographer Jérôme and his paramotor flight over the coast, the lighthouse and the Nez de Jobourg, the hiking guides of the Association "A la découverte de la Hague" Jean-Claude and Yves-the Nez de Jobourg, the cliffs and the caveof the contrabandists-, the fisherman Cédric and the fishing of the "homard bleu du Cotentin near the Raz Blanchard), the Cherbourg umbrellas ( the umbrellas factory, the choir singing songs of the film "Lesparapluies de Cherbourg, the film locations and the people remembering the making of the film), the castle of Carneville (the Association des amis du château de Carneville-350 members- , Guillaume Garbe and the restoration of the castle and of the French formal gardens, the beekeeper Paul and his beehive, the flea market in the park of the castle), the D-Day commemoration ( the reconstructed Arizona camp, the Utah beach and the 31.000 US soldiers, the "reconstitueurs" Jean and Baptiste and the life of the German garrison, the ball of the 13th June at Carentan-the 98 years old parachutist Tom Wright), the Lycée maritime de and the Ecole des Mousses at Cherbourg ( the professors Christian and Christophe, the learning of navigation, fishing and naval security, the Commanderr Emmac and the surviving training of the sailors), the Défi des ports de pêche (the regatta between teams of mariners-fishermen navigating on sailboats).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the schooner captain Françoise Lefevre, with Vincent Mabire, with Charles Yvon at the umbrellas shop, with the gardener Stéphane Marie, with David Lemarchand and the jockey Bryan oppns at Jullouville, with the sherpherdess Stéphanie Maube, with Alexandra and Marion at the shop "Laine à l'ouest", with Eric Pellerin, Guillaume de Lestrange and Bruno Paysaut at Vauville, with the oyster farmer Stéphanie Lefevre, with the members of the Cub Vosgien at Tatihou island and with Bruno Vanier d Saint-Aunay at the "Jeux Normands"; nice encounterswith very kind Normandy men and women.
Échappées belles: Lyon gourmand (2015)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Lyon: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the region: the gastronomie lyonnaise (the story of the "Mères lyonnaises", the bouchons lyonnais, Jacotte Brazier-the granddaughter of Eugénie Brazier, the three Michelin stars chef-, the Assocation "Eugénie Brazier" and the training of young female chefs, Isabelle and Laura and their "Bouchon des filles"), The Saône river and Lyon Confluence ( the blessing of the boats by a Catholic priest-"le pardon des mariniers", the Confrérie des Avalants navieurs, the restored neighborhood, the vegetable gardens and the practice of the water joust), the Paul Bocuse Institute (high school for the cuisine and the hotellerie, the students from all the world, the training in all aspects of a restaurant and of a hotel) , the writer Walid Nazim and the mysteries of Lyon (the knowledge of the churches, streets, traboules, the underground galleries of the Balme Sainte-Claire discovered in 1959, the mysterious disappearance of humain bones), the Parc de la Tête d'Or (created in 1857, 117 hectares, the gardeners and the biological pest control, the zoo with 450 animals) and the "Boule lyonnaise (also called sport-boules or bocce volo,the coach Bernard and the players Tristan and Ambre,the tournament with the participation of 6000 players-103 years of existence-).
I enjoyed the encunters of Sophie Jovillard with Grégory Cuilleron, with Colette Sibilia, with the story teller Jean-Luc Chavent, with the fromager-affineur Christian Janier, with the rose growers Matthias Meilland and Robert Laperrie, with the milliner Isabelle Grange and the "formier" Didier Laforest, with Stéphanie Plaza and her family, with the baker Philippe and with her sister Sylvie Jovillard at Légny; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Des trains pas comme les autres: Portugal (2018)
A very nice journey.
I enjoyed very much this Journey of Philippe Gougler through Portugal.
A lot of nice encounters: the jumpers Victor Hugo and Rafael at the Dom Luís Bridge of Porto- the visitors giving 10 Euros to see their jump into the Douro river, the fishmonger Fatima who sells fishes in the streets, the walk along the banks of the Dourou river with her bastket on her head, the public washouse, the songs and the dances of the women, the public clothesline , the lady in the Alfa pendular and the talk about the saudade, the manager of the bacalhau shop in Lisbon- the most popular dish in Portugal- and the female farmer in the region of Tras o Montes, the plowing of the field with the female donkey, the riding on the donkey to the village, the veterinary Mario taking care of a female donkey with teeth problems; very nice encounters with Portuguese men and women.
Échappées belles: La Côte fleurie (2015)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Côte fleurie: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: Trouville et Deauville (Trouville was the first seaside resort on the Normandy Coast-the "médecins hygiénistes" and the virtues of sea water, so the Parisian aristocracy arrive at Trouville-,Karl Laurent and the Montebello musum, then comes Deauville with its casino, hotels and villas along the seaside, Martine Dassault and the Villa Roxelane, the memories of the history of the seaside resort), the nature park of the estuary of the Seine River ( the park ranger and ornithologist Faustine Simon, the islet of the Ratier, the monitoring of the European spoonbills and the storks), the apple producer Etienne Blondel ( the apple farm "Les Vergers de la Grande Mare", the market at Sainte-Opportune-La-Mare, the visitors tasting apples, Huguette and the making of apple beignets, the press and the fresh apple juice for the visitores), the fossils of the Falaises noires ( the paleontologist Laurent Picot showing some fossils-ammonites are the most common-, the Musée Paléospace-Lucie and Aurélie making an inventory of the fossils-many ammonites and a dinosaur vertebra-, thedinosaur skeletons in an exhibition hall), the Biscuiterie Jeannette (the biscuit factory founded in 1850 at Caen, the growth and decline of the factory, the rescue of factory by Georges Viana and the new life of the factory) and the Centre d'études et de reproduction zoologique Augeron-CERZA- ( the Parc animalier of 60 hectares, the protection of endangered animal, the veterinary Dorothée Ordonneau showing the Malayan tapirs and the rhinoceros, the protection program en Africa and Asia).
I enjoyed the encounters of Raphaël de Casabianca with the ferry captain Emmanuel Guilet, with Sébastien Blouin at Deauville beach, with the traveling distiller Jean-Baptiste Olivier, with the apple cider producer Annie Alleaumem, with the spa manager Denis Truel, with the.beautician Susie Normand, with the skipper Yves capard at Honfleur, with Sabine and gilbert Houlet and their daughters Charlotte, Marie and Anne at Douville-en-Auge, with the master glazier Corinne Lecourt, with the horse breeders Jean-Luc Bara and Olivia Saelens and with Christian Ferrier at the viaduct de la Souleuvre; nice encounters with very kind Normandy men and women.
Échappées belles: Côtes d'Armor: pays de la mer (2012)
Beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Côtes d'Armor: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some intereting aspects about this region: the fishing of the great scallops ( the fishermn Richard Gaudu and his "Arc-en-Ciel" boat, the fishing restricted to 2 days a week and 45 minutes each days, the squad of the "Affaires maritimes" is in charge of oversee the practices), theorganic farming in the Côtes d'Armor ( the farmer Serge using horses for the harrowing of his vegetables field, the change from an industrial pig breeding to an organic breeding, the cattle breeder Jean-Marc produces organic milk and Michel, the administrator of of the "Groupement des agriculturs biologiques d'Armor is giving advices about organic farming), the mariners and the religious fervor ( Jacques Legars and the Association des amis de la chappelle Saint-Michel, , his friend Paul speaking about the faith of the mariners, the stone crosses, the statues, churches and chapels in the countryside, the modelboats in the church, the historian Pierre Floury speaking of the dangerous life of the mariners who went fishing to Island and Newfoundland), the restoring of old fishing boats (the shipwright Gilles Conrath and the making of the "Cabillaud"-afishing boat for his friend Yves Chapin-, Pascal Jeusset and the restoration of the "Marie Georgette" and the salingboat tours for the visitors), the slates of the Côtes d'Armor (the exploitation of the slates since the 14th century, Jean-Yves and his colleague Daniel-the last slate producers-, all the work is made by hand), the Centre d'études et de valorisation des algus at Pen Lan ( the multiple uses of the seaweeds in food, cosmétics, pharmacy and chemistry, Tristan Le Goff and the studies about the reproduction of te seaweed, Oliver and the seaweed farming and the laboratory of research of new cosmetic products).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the naturalist Jeremy Allain, wit Hubert Hinault and Micheline Ecot at Lamballe, with Céline, Jean-Paul and Jeanne at Plélo, with Ludovic Lorre at Binic, with Pierre-Yves andd Nelly Dauphin at Paimpol, with Nicolas Shouten(the sailboat tour), with Yves Neumager and Laurent Blasco at the Bréhat island, with the photographer Yannick Cherel, ith the musician Thomas Lotout and Liza Georgelin at Bulkat-Pestivien; nice encounters with very kind Breton men and women.
Échappées belles: En Alsace (2006)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed this excursion through Alsace: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the restoration of Alsatian houses (the "Ecomusée d'Alsace at Ungersheim-about 70 restored houses and buildings coming from other parts of Alsace, the volunteers of te Association "Maisons paysannes d'Alsace"-, the carpenter Franck and the restoration of old houses) and the hiking in Alsace ( the "Club vosgien with its 34.000 membres, the marking and maintenance of 18.500 kilometers of hiking paths, the stop at the restaurant "Au Wasigenstein-the chef Christophe speaking about the success of this restaurant-).
I enjoyed the encounters of Stéphane Bouillaud with Mme Laterrade (Noëel en Alsace", with the wine maker Seppi Landmann at Soulzmatt, with the chefJacky Merius at Riquewihr and the aeronaut Luc; nice encounters with very kind Alsatian men and women.
Échappées belles: Lyon, la gourmandise en héritage (2019)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Lyon: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the gastronomie lyonnaise ( Pauline Ronzy and her food tours, the chef Joël Salzi speaking about the cooking in Lyon, the "bouchons lyonnais", Eugénie Brazier-the first female chef with three Michelin stars,Paul Bocuse was her apprentice-, the chef Mathieu Viannay and the restaurant "La Mère Brazier"), the Tsuji cooking school (the founder Shizuo Tsuji, the help of Paul Bocuse for the school, the 5 months training for the Japanese cooks, the discovery of new flavours, the social life-the soccer match with the villagers-, the chef Tsuyoshi Arai and his Japanese restaurant in Lyon), the jam maker Philippe Bruneton ( his meeting with the farmer Dominique Bissardon , the strawberries field, Marie-Françoise Bruneton and her aromatic plants garden, th making of jams and the chef Philippe Girardon using an apricot jam for the duck meat), the Dombes area ( 12.000 hectares of wetland, the "land with the 1000 ponds", the fish farmer Pascal and the fishing of carps, the wildlife inspector Maurice and the monitoring of the birds in the Etang du Grand Birieux-the tufted duck, the mallards and the coots-), the medieval village of Oingt (the "pierres dorées", the painter Didier, Daniel and the care for the abandoned quarry, the wine maker Alexandre and the vineyard of this area-Chardonnay and Gamay grape varieties-the wine tasting with the visitors) and some culinary novelties in Lyon ( Quentin Clerc and the making of bread by hand-using organic flours-, the bread delivery by bicycle, Juliette and her neighbors cooking together-Les Petites Cantines- and La Commune (Charlotte and the cooking of meal with insect flour).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the cook and writer Sonia Ezgulian, with the farmer Louis-Pierre Perraud, with the photographer Emmanuel Auger, with the culinary photographer Jonathan Thevenet, , with the cheesemonger Renée Richard, with the puppeteer Emma Utges at the Guignol theater, with the chef Olivier Canal, with the jouster Alexis Blanc, with the climbing guide Eric Chaxel, with the goat breeder Claude Boucher, the wine maker Xavier Gerard and the Confrérie du vin et de la rigotte at Condrieu, with the designer Alain Vavro and his wife Dominique Vavro, with Vincent Le Roux and Gilles Reinhardt at the Auberge du Pont de Collonges and with the beekeeper Frédéric Reynaud; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Échappées belles: Une nuit à Londres (2013)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in London: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of London: the vintage fashion (the blogger Lena, the return to the past, the Marilyn Monroe styling, Jennifer and her friends, the pleasure to dance with a partner, also the "Années Folles", the prohibition time-drinking whisky in a tea cup-, the charleston dance), the Billingsgate market (the fish market working all over the year, the fish merchant Roger Barton), the cosmopolitan cooking in London (the culinary bloggers Alastair and Kevin visiting a Vietnamese restaurant and a Bangladesh restaurant), the London nights ( West End and the musical comedies, the radio presenter and disk jockey Frank Kevin and Dan, the club nights), the Hackney Wick neighborhood ( the urban art, the street artist Zabou, the painter Ola, the famous artist Banksy) and the early morning in London ( the milkman Kevin Read-the milk delivery beginning at 2 am, the taxi driver Robert Lordan describing how London awakes, the watchmaker Paul Roberson at Big Ben, the winding of the clocks, the sound of Big Ben at the BBC).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the musician Mtthieu Chedid, with the event organizer Jules Barraud, with the captain Marc Wilson and his wife Sarah, with Rebecca carter (the supper club), with the singer Delan Bennett at the Phoenix Theatre, with the skaters Ceejay Jepson and Jason Johnson and with the DJ Dan Iusowitz; nice encounters with very kind London men and women.
Échappées belles: Larzac, la terre en partage (2021)
An interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Larzac: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Millau area (the Millau viaduct-a cable-stayed bridge-, the maintenance technician Franck, the hiking guide Solveig and the visitors looking at the viaduct from a mountain, the medieval village of La Couvertoirade and the restoration of the houses by the "soixante-huitards", Montpellier-le-Vieux and the Cité des Pierres), the collective spirit in the Larzac (the fight against the extension of the military camp of the Larzac, the historian Pierre-Marie Terral telling the story of the building of the sheephold of the Blaquière,the Société Civile des Terres du Larzac, the new farmers Marion and Romain and the growing of aromatic plants, the "Boutique des paysans"-the local products of 15 producers-, Justine and the musician Stefano and their cultural place), the sheep in the Larzac ( the sheep breeder Etienne, the herding dogs training, the sheep shearing, the designer and weaver Delphine), the sports in the Plateau du Larzac (Pierre,Léo and Raymond and the paragliding, François-Xavier and Maxime and the trail bike (or gravel bike) tours, the reforestation area "Les Arbres de la Liberté", 500 kilometers of bike paths in the Larzac, Vivien and th slack line, the meeting of high liners at the Grotto of Dargilan), the medias ( the journalist Lola and her podcasts and the cinema director Josette- the women in the Larzac-, Julien and Manuel looking for film locations in the Larzac) and the resourcing in the Larzac (the Buddhist temple Lérab Ling at Roqueredonde-Sophie and the meditation with people looking for internal peace, the permaculture farm of Yann and Virginie, the wwoofers Lucie and Mathieu, the great moments of friendliness).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the boatman Frédéric Janneau, with Florine Hamelin, Camille Dal Pra, Claire Barre and Julien Bernard at the GAEC of the Truels, with the trail runner Virginie Govignon at Nant, with Jean-Pul Austruy at Sainte-Eulalie de Cernon, with Sabine and Yvan Bouat at the holiday camp Roc Nantais, with Michel, Philippe, Olivier, Marie, Mikaël and Monique "Moune" Arnal at the Gaillac estate; nice encounters with very kind Larzac men and women.
Échappées belles: Lorraine, du grand spectacle (2013)
A great diversity of landscapes.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Lorraine: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the blast furnace of Uckange (the association Mecilor, the blast furnace classified historical monumment, the guided tours, the cultural animation), the "Manufacture Royale de Bains-les-Bins (the tinplate factory, François Cornevaux explaining the story of the factory, open to the public since 2005,the guesthouse and apartments) , the know-how of the glassware in Lorraine (the "Yann and the Centre d'Art Verrier de Meisenthal-the collaboraration of craftsmen and artists, the Museum of the Crystalat Saint-Louis, the young glass blower Guillaume et Sandrine, the Daum company in Nancy), the battle of Verdun (the collector Jean-Claude de Vries and all the objects of the fighters, the little German cemetery,the American cemetery of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon), the Parc nimalier de Sainte-Croix, the founder Gérald Singer and the manager Laurent Singer, the cabin near the wolves den, theroar of the deer stags), the "Théatre du Peuple" at Bussang-Vosges- ( amateur and professional comedians, the revival of the village), the Vally of the Moselotte (the Vaxelaire family, the "vaches vosgiennes", the making of muenster cheese, tomme and.yogurts, the direct sell ot the consumers, the inn and the typical cooking of the Vosges-bacon and potatoes-).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the the snowboarders Antonin Maunit and Pierre Wachowiak at the SnowWordl, with Hervé Santerre at the zoo of Amnéville, with the chef Alexandre Neveu at Metz, with the student Maime Baschirotto and Quentin at Verdun, with Mélanie Demange at Marieulles, ith the photographer Nicolas Bram at Nancy, withe the musher Jean-Louis Kuhn , with the accompagnateur en montagne Matthieu Dischinger, with the lumberjack Alain Simonin and with Laurent Mouchel; nice encounters with very kind French menand women.
Échappées belles: Lorraine, région de coeur (2019)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Lorraine: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters,
There are some interesting aspects of the region: the water canals and lakes of Lorraine ( 700 kilometers of water canals, the canal de la Marne au Rhin-Gino Müller and his family traveling in this canal, the boat elevator-, the lockkeeper house N2- now guinguette managed by Valérie Philipot-, the lake of Madine-the navigator Jean-Phillipe and the photographer Fabrice, the looking at the birds-), the Association of the Tranchée de Chattancourt (David and the rebuilding of the trench, the nurse of the trench Marlène, the objcts found in the fields by the farmer Roamin, the investigation with the history student Ophélie in the archives), the chef Hervé Cune (the walk through the forests, Yannick and his pigeon farm, the restaurant-pigeon meat with asparagus and morilles-), the young entrepreneurs of Lorraine ( David Dao and his sewing workshop at at Nancy-the jeans made from linen-, the beekeeper Damien andis associate Maxime-the beehives, the honey beer making-, Aurèle Charlet-the walk through the forest, the beech trees, the wooden glasses-), the Massif des Vosges ( Denis Maire and the paragliding, Eric and his connection with the trees, Jean-Marie and the mountain bike tour at the Hohneck), the blast furnaces of Lorraine ( the industrial wasteland, the U4 high furnace of Ucknge, the "Snowworld" at Amnéville-the ski slope with 90 meters heigh difference open during all the year-).
I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaël with the pilot Patrick Cancelli, with the history professor Hélène Jehannin and her sister at Verdun, with the guide Robert Iacuzzo in Metz, with the queen of the Quiche Lorraine Mauricette Vonner, with Fabien Calvi at the castle of Hattonchâtel, with the fshermen of the Etang de Lachaussée, with Coralie Diard and her colleagues at the Parc Animalier de Sainte-Croix, with the tree-maker Hervé Mayon, with the pastry chef Nicolas Genot and with Jessica Peth-the Miss Pin Up France contest-; nice encounters with very kind men and women.