Thursday, July 28, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Coup de coeur pour la ville de Périgueux
L'anxiété, résultat de mon départ imminent pour Montréal, on cherche a me distraire le plus possible. Nous regardons souvent des films ces derniers temps mais je ne crois pas que ce seront "MR73" d'Olivier Marchal ni "La Route" de John Hillicoat qui appaiseront mes angoisses. Et pourtant, ce sont les films que Martin a choisi pour nous distraire. En revanche, je le fais payer en regardant "10 things I hate about you" et "The Breakfast Club".
Hier, n'ayant pas trop le goût de rester branchés en avant de la télé, nous avons décidé d'aller a Périgueux pour une visite touristique. A priori, on avait décidé d'aller a Brive-la-Gaillarde, mais je doutais fortement de l'intérêt qu'on en tirerai. Finalement, nous avons opté pour Périgueux.
Coup de coeur! Périgueux est une tres jolie ville contenant différentes strates de l'histoire avec son quartier du 2e siecle, son quartier plutôt médieval/renaissant et finalement un quartier plus moderne. Ses rues, quasi-labyrinthesques, aboutissent sur des tres jolies places intimes avec des petits bars ou restaurants. On prend le temps de boire une biere et hop!, c'est reparti dans le circuit médieval ou on se faufile d'un bout a l'autre du quartier a la recherche d'un autre petit coin charmant.
Hier, n'ayant pas trop le goût de rester branchés en avant de la télé, nous avons décidé d'aller a Périgueux pour une visite touristique. A priori, on avait décidé d'aller a Brive-la-Gaillarde, mais je doutais fortement de l'intérêt qu'on en tirerai. Finalement, nous avons opté pour Périgueux.
Coup de coeur! Périgueux est une tres jolie ville contenant différentes strates de l'histoire avec son quartier du 2e siecle, son quartier plutôt médieval/renaissant et finalement un quartier plus moderne. Ses rues, quasi-labyrinthesques, aboutissent sur des tres jolies places intimes avec des petits bars ou restaurants. On prend le temps de boire une biere et hop!, c'est reparti dans le circuit médieval ou on se faufile d'un bout a l'autre du quartier a la recherche d'un autre petit coin charmant.
C'est donc rassasiée d'une belle visite touristique, et un peu plus sereine, que je suis repartie avec Martin hier soir. Belle distraction!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Pentecôte
No one can really explain what the Pentecôte is anymore, save that it is a religious holiday, adding an extra day to the weekend.
Pentecôte weekend for the Bolze family is a great moment for one of their family reunions, sadly on the brink of extinction in many other families. However, there was some trouble in the air during this family reunion with the possibility of it being the last, or one of the last, at the great-grandparents's domaine in the south-east of France. The domaine is known to the family as Le Deven. It was purchased by Louis Bolze quite some time ago, where he and his wife raised his children. Now, it is family home but hardly ever used and run-down for lack of continual upkeep. The family is looking to sell for the house represents too much work to renovate and maintain, considering the number of times it is used in a year.
Pentecôte weekend for the Bolze family is a great moment for one of their family reunions, sadly on the brink of extinction in many other families. However, there was some trouble in the air during this family reunion with the possibility of it being the last, or one of the last, at the great-grandparents's domaine in the south-east of France. The domaine is known to the family as Le Deven. It was purchased by Louis Bolze quite some time ago, where he and his wife raised his children. Now, it is family home but hardly ever used and run-down for lack of continual upkeep. The family is looking to sell for the house represents too much work to renovate and maintain, considering the number of times it is used in a year.
The selling of the home has struck a cord in many, of course. One look through the living room is enough to see how replete the house is of memories. There are pictures depicting no less than six generations of the Bolze family, complete with names and years. You can trace down the lineage from Louis Bolze's father (b. mid-1800's) to one of the last arrivals, Ines, a little girl adopted from Columbia in 2006.
I am glad I got to see the house during a family reunion this past weekend. Though I understand how much work the house needs, I can also understand the sorrow of the family's militants who, despite all the costs and work, desperately wanted to keep it so they could see their children enjoy it on hot summer weekends.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Easter Egg Hunt
Apparently, we are never too old to do an Easter egg hunt. The youngest person there was 16 and a half (Elise) and yet, Daniel (Martin's father) thought it would be funny to hide chocolate easter eggs all over the garden; in part to see us hunt for them, in part to annoy his brother-in-law. His theory was that if we couldn't find the chocolate eggs that day, they would be found later in an unpleasant manner, i.e. melted chocolate on the window sill squashed when window is opened. His brother-in-law is a clean freak so he followed us around the garden to make sure we found all of them.
Elise
Elise is the youngest of Véronique's three daughters. Pauline, the eldest, was in Buenos Aires visiting her sister Lucile who is doing a year abroad there.
T-shirt rayés!!
From left to right: Maylis (Martin's mom), Xavier (the uncle), and Véronique (Martin's aunt). All three are brother and sisters from a family of six. Before them is François, and after them are Dominique and Anne.
I took this picture because we all (Martin, his cousins and I) thought it was funny that they were all wearing striped t-shirts.
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