- Château de Chenonceau
Every room had its own fireplace, making the castle rather cosy. This is a detail on the fireplace in Chambre de François Ier. - Puy de Pariou
Plenty of butterflies around here. - Puy de Pariou
A crowded thistle. - Fountain
A relief on an early Renaissance water basin with the coat-of-arms of the monastery. - A peacock
- Porto Azzurro
Via Nardelli Vincenzo - Elba aquarium
- Elba aquarium
A sawfish bone - Miradouro de Santa Luzia
An angry fish at the Miradouro de Santa Luzia - Tiles in Alfama
Finding little treasures while getting lost in Alfama. - Gargoyle in the cloister
A rather interesting gargoyle. - Triton fountain
The base of the Triton fountain. What a lovely angry fish this is. - Quinta da Rigaleira
Heh, this lovely creature is quite literally biting its ass ;-) - Alpine chough
- Alpine chough
It is so dark, it almost looks like a crevasse in the ice. - A marmot!
Despite the crowds, there was a marmot running around the cottage. - An ibex!
- Panda Bâ
Panda Bâ by Julien Marinetti, it was placed here just two weeks prior to our visit. - Tapestry
A magnificent almost 8 m long "thousand flowers" tapestry is from the 16th century. What an interesting motif... - Château de Chenonceau
Another magninficent fireplace, this one is in the Salon Louis XIV. The salamander and the ermine are the symbols of Francis I and his wife Claude of France. - Arromanches
- Mont Saint-Michel
Well, hello! Bonjour! - Pointe du Grouin
Some art on a WWII bunker.