This is a real castle, built in the XVth century, like the one you see in movies, except, that it's real. So real that it inspired Charles Perault when he wrote his novel "the sleeping beauty".
Continue reading Château d'Ussé.
This bridge was built in 1849. With its towers and medieval architecture, it tries as much as possible to look like the château de Langeais. Through times, It has been bombed and mined but it is still standing there, proud and happy, with its wet feet.
Château de Langeais was built in the second half of the 15th century by Louis XI. One half of it was a fortress, built to stand any war, which it did with success. The other half was more for lounging and realaxing with big fire places and giant LCD screens.
I'm not too sure about the screens and the lounging.
On the river bank of the Loire, a house built with the tender and white traditional stones, tuffeau.
White and very fine sand, blue sky, dunes. The sun is strong, the wind too, so it's bearable. This is one of the beaches near Schoorl.
On the 30th of april, the Queen of Holland greets her people from this balcony. The rest of the time, pigeons look after the Royal Palace.
A beautiful old harbor with beautiful old houses and beautiful old boats. This is Hoorn, North East of Amsterdam.
The question is not "To be or not to be". We are not wondering if the earth is flat or who was first from the hen or the egg.
No, the question is : "where did I leave my Bike".
The wider the facade, the higher the taxes, so they built a thin house.
In Amsterdam. Are the walls bent, or is the house crooked? Maybe the ground is undulating...
