Looking forward to Sunday and the final. Fingers crossedEngland beat the Netherlands and is headed to the finals against Spain. @CapMan where is your allegiance?
Two more from our time in France.
Morning mist in the valley, as seen from our terrace
Lunch in Mirepoix, a medieval town in the Ariege, the next Department to the Aude.
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Happy National Day - hope you have plans to party!Today is our National Day... Eiffel Tower : 330m. I've been to the top, the view over Paris is incredible at night...
Yes, our family including children are reunited... at our home...Happy National Day - hope you have plans to party!
The 14 July celebrations in Carcasonne were magnificent. All round the battlements were illuminated, and the Aude river lit up.Today is " French National Day " celebrated each year on July 14th.
It marks the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, a medieval fortress and state prison in Paris, during the French Revolution in 1789.
The day is commemorated with various events, including a military parade in Paris and many war planes flying in the sky above the "Champs Elysées"... plus tonight, a gigantic fireworks display installed on the Eiffel towel.
Tonight in the town where I live will be a big fireworks in the sea...like many others towns in France.
I've seen the celebrations in Carcassonne 3 years ago. It was beautiful...The 14 July celebrations in Carcasonne were magnificent. All round the battlements were illuminated, and the Aude river lit up.
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Whoa!We had a thunderstorm in the evening hours just as the sun was setting and a big lightening bolt hit a tower downtown that I saw out my living room window and Z A P-BZZZZ my electrical went nuterz for a fraction of a second.