Bolt of Blue » Loire Valley http://www.boltofblue.net photos, concert reviews, and other ramblings from a native Angeleno Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:58:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 sweet http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/08/19/sweet/ http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/08/19/sweet/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:43:25 +0000 Alyse http://www.boltofblue.net/?p=1327 delicious

I miss the wine in France.

Photos from last day in the Loire Valley and drive into Paris are up. Will get the rest of the photos up. Eventually. Slow going. New obsession with Degrassi is not helping. Don’t ask.

]]> http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/08/19/sweet/feed/ 0 magical & hidden http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/07/21/magical-hidden/ http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/07/21/magical-hidden/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:21:39 +0000 Alyse http://www.boltofblue.net/?p=1234 hidden door

Fairy tale land. Magical. Loire Valley. France.

Posted photos from Day 4 of our trip to France. Most don’t come close to doing justice to how beautiful and spectacular everything really was. Le sigh.

]]> http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/07/21/magical-hidden/feed/ 0 it’s Friday I’m in love http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/06/26/its-friday-im-in-love/ http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/06/26/its-friday-im-in-love/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:40:59 +0000 Alyse http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/06/26/its-friday-im-in-love/ heart

France is for romantics. More »

]]> http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/06/26/its-friday-im-in-love/feed/ 0 what château? http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/06/09/what-chateau/ http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/06/09/what-chateau/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:58:38 +0000 Alyse http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/06/09/what-chateau/ what château?

I’ve slowly started posting photos from my recent trip to France last month. It was an incredible adventure that now feels far away… as though it happened years ago instead of merely weeks.

I’ve posted a set of over 100 photos from the first day. I tried to edit. We took over 300 that day! I don’t even know how many we took throughout the trip.

The above is one gem from that marvelous first day… the weather was gorgeous and we stumbled upon this incredible château right on the side of the highway. We came around a bend and pulled over when we saw the turnout. I hadn’t seen it as I was concentrating on driving. I didn’t know where Château de Montpoupon (saying this outloud is really fun) was as I got out of the car and asked my husband, “Where’s this alleged château?”

Turning around, I was met with a beautiful and magical sight. One of many experienced during this trip that I’ll be sharing.

]]> http://www.boltofblue.net/2009/06/09/what-chateau/feed/ 0