Let’s have a touch of nostalgia.
In 2018, I first started creating these postcard themes on a random basis, and I thought I would reinstate this idea, though the following posts in this series won’t be in the same format as below. However, they will showcase images that are languishing in my pen drives that haven’t been seen on my blog. Sometimes, it’s good to remember just how fortunate we were to have the opportunity to travel and explore. Not least of all, it gives me the opportunity of sorting out and ridding myself of images not worth keeping.
This idea was reignited by Jude from Travel Words. Those bloggers who follow her will know that she’s cleaning out her multitudes of images and showcasing ones that have not appeared on her blogs.
Life at No. 22 
Love your postcards, and I adore that flower sculpture. It’s very like a piece of enamel work I had once.
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Sonia, I think it was made out of metal if my memory serves me correctly. It was certainly a “Wow” moment as we turned the corner! I love seeing sculptures around cities.
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There are so many places in France we’ve yet to discover – thanks for the inspiration!
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Thanks Tracey, for reading and commenting. I’m sure you will discover areas and places that will be new to us.
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Lovely photos. Bordeaux and Bayonne have been on my list for a while.
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I know they have been. Maybe, time to rectify that? Research for your next book.
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I’m planning a visit to France next year, but I don’t know whether to go to Bordeaux or Guedelon. They’re on opposite sides of the country, so I can’t do both.
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Pros and cons list and eliminate. I will have to google Guedelon as I have not heard of it. Weather wise, north west is always best?
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Guedelon as a destination seems like a grand choice as it has a castle currently under construction near Treigny. Bordeaux can be overly touristy.
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It’s the castle I want to see, but I’d need to find other things there to fill my time. If I go to Bordeaux there are lots of places around there that I’d like to visit.
I’ll start doing some proper research into the trip next month.
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I like your postcard idea!
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Thanks Anabel, so do I 🙂
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Magnifique. What wonderful memories you’ve shared with us.
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Cheers, Miriam 🙂
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Beautiful postcards …. Lyon is my favorite city in France because of the food. I am planning to visit Bordeaux hopefully next year. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Thanks Lora. Enjoy your time in Bordeaux I am sure you will absolutely enjoy your time there.
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Beautiful postcards I think my favourite is Strasbourg!
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Good choice Rachael, we loved Strasbourg 😊
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I love this idea! If I had a bucket list, Strasborg would be on it.
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Strasburg is an incredible city to explore and that part of France with a touch of Germany is beautiful. It would be interesting to revisit and see if my opinion has changed. Though, sometimes revisiting places don’t seem the same the second time around. I have a fu*kit list now, no bucket list.
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I have a fu&kit list as well. That’s great; I’m adopting that term and I plan to clarify and enumerate as time allows 😀
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Good to read 🙂
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Hmmmm maybe I’ll share it. 😀 Top of the list is politics
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American politics are scary stuff. Worse than our right wing coalition National Party. Off topic here, postcards are far more fun.
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Postcards are definitely fun. I might swipe your idea…
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Go for it.
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I just might — it could be fun.
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A great idea Suzanne.
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Thanks Malc, might have to get busy soon and write up a few.
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A great idea Suzanne – it’s always good to remember the places we have seen and acknowledge how lucky we are to have done so 😀 And I really like how you’ve formatted your cards and written them as if they really were a postcard! I may have to learn from you for my own ‘Postcards from the road’ series!
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Sarah, I did that format on Canva and might just keep doing it same way. See how I go.
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I like experimenting with Canva but I’m not sure how easily it would work when I’m travelling, as I usually am when I ‘send@ these postcards. I’ll have a think …
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You do that.
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I like this format. It’s cozy and comfortable. Nicely done.
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Thanks Neil, what a fun description cosy and comfortable. When I did this it reminded me of the postcards I used to send to our parents many years ago. Both sets of parents never managing to travel to Europe.
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I love this idea, and the format – though I can see that would be a great deal of trouble to maintain!
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Thanks Anabel, I might make the effort and do it as I won’t be publishing one every week, though don’t hold me to that promise.
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As if! I’m very forgiving like that😀.
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Good on you, Anabel 🙂
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I see what you mean about the effort that went in to producing these postcards. They are very clever though. I look forward to seeing where your travels take us to.
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I found my original master copy postcard that I made up on Canva so I may keep to the same format. I always start off with a hiss and a roar with these projects and somehow get distracted 😉
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Your postcards are lovely! Hubs and I want to get back to France and you’ve given us a few ideas of where to visit next time.
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I am sure you will go back, Janis. All are wonderful places to visit for various reasons. The more memorable ones were visiting Strasbourg and surrounding areas. The places where we housesat, the small villages/towns visited on our road trips, being around locals and away from tourists were also memorable and we would go back in a heartbeat.
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Yes! While we enjoyed Paris, we loved the three weeks we spent in the little village of Samois sur Seine, where my husband’s sister lives.
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Oh that’s lovely you have family over there to give you a different perspective of visiting France. I just googled it, very lovely.
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So many lovely memories there…
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Exactly what they are, Mel, using images I haven’t used on here before. Plus, a good distraction at the moment after a very warmish walk.
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I enjoyed all the France postcards – very nicely done! When I was a newborn, we moved to France and lived near Orleans. I remember nothing of that. The only place I’ve been in France since then is Strasbourg, just for a night on our way from Bern, Switzerland to Merzig, Germany. We did like it very much.
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It is lovely, isn’t it. Chocolate box sort of loveliness. Les has fond memories of the breakfast buffets more than the pretty flower boxes that I remember 😉 What an adventure for your young parents.
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