mardi 24 août 2010

Puy de Sancy - Sancy volcano

In Auvergne there are lots of old volcanoes and this is one of them: it's only about 6102 ft high. I didn't walk all the steps to the very top as I had decided to sketch it from a café table, sitting just outside the cable car arrival ( lazy me !)

La porte du gîte - The cottage door


Flowers and milk cans waiting for milking time


Ravel Castle


Ravel Castle
Mise en ligne par martinepittet
We visited quite a few castles that some owners find difficult and too expensive to repair and preserve.

Livradois landscape


Le village d'Usson - A view of Usson village

Nice village on a hillside, with many houses built in dark grey-brown stone

A winding street in Clermont Ferrand