sccollections

 When Citroën still made beautiful cars. (Header Ohama Beach in peacetime). Some photo's from an holiday in France 2006.

And the result.

This is the cemetery from St. Paul de Vence in southern France.

A mural by Miro also found in Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

A ceramic tableau of F.Leger seen at Fondation Maeght in St Paul de Vence when we could still go on holiday. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

still one for Monday Murals this church door made by the local blacksmith in the middle ages near Chinon in France. Guy must have had a great understanding of how to make a horseshoe.

An oldie from a holiday in france. Still going strong after 200 years but a bit neglected. One for good fences here.

If you look unsuspectingly on a terrace around you did not notice that the street facade is painted for you actually.

This is the case in Limoges (France) and you really need to look hard to see it. 

One for Monday murals here.

The Valentre bridge over the river Lot near Cahors in France. It seems to be the only fortified bridge in the whole of Europe. The building started in 1308 and was ready in 1378. The bridge was restored in 1879. I photographed the bridge in 2008 when on holiday in France. Then 630 years old.

One for sunday bridges here

In the so called Euralille area in Lille France you find this 2 bridges. One for pedestrians and one for cyclists. Some of the buildings and the urban planning is from Rem Koolhaas. A dutch architect well known for his modern buildings with his office OMA.

One for sunday bridges here.

The fountain on place Stanislas in Nancy France is part of a fence that locks the place from the garden behind. This was also one of the pictures I was lost for a long time but miraculous came back.

One for friday fences here.

When walking on a flea market you have to look at the pavement for some discoveries. How are my shoes looking after 10 km strolling around.

No trouble in checking that.

For more weekend reflections go to weekend reflections here.

Yes getting it home. Don't try it yourself.

All kind of visitors were present.

Proud vendors for cosmetics 

and tyre sellers.

Yes , I had the impression that every nation of the world was here to do some business.

Went yesterday with Bieb and daughter to the Braderie de Lille in France. Europe's greatest brocante market on the weekend with the first sunday in September. Yes it was very crowded as you can see here. The smoke came from all the barbecues preparing food the whole day long. If you are by car the nearest parking place is 15 km away because every free space is reserved months before. We took the bus, a three hour ride from Almere to Lille especially for this occasion starting at 6.45 AM en going back 7.30 PM.

The most merchandise is french of course.

I especially liked the Jielde lamps but the asking price I didn't found realistic.

It was no point to get a complete furnishing with accompanying paintings for a reasonable price. The real point is how to get it home. Tomorrow some more impressions.

Somewhere in Normandie I found this fence . I don't remember the name of the place or the purpose but it looks like an vantage point. One for friday fences here.

Climbing the eiffel tower a few years back.

Here a stair on the roof of Unité d'habitation by Le Corbusier in Marseille France. I saw this a year of twelve before on an architectural excursion to the south of France. It is a real eyeopener for everyone to visit this building and it expresses the use of using raw concrete as building material in a splendid way.

Here a detail that shows how much life is in just a raw concrete wall.