I am kicking off what promises to be a great little series, today, with amazing bloggers who are all going to show you/us around their city/neighbourhood. We have 24 countries represented and 33 entries spanning the entire globe. From today until the end of November, every two days, you will be able to discover a little corner of the world you may not know and see how people live there.
You can find the schedule for this little world tour
here.
Today I will show you around Longny-au-Perche (or Longny for short). What? It is pronounced something like loney by the locals. It is a very small village (about 1600 inhabitants) in rural North-West France about 160km west of Paris. I could write it is home... but I am not sure it is anymore. It is where I grew up, I got married and where we go, as a family, to relax and see our French family.
Here are my 6 mandatory photos from the village:
a playground
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| this is one of the two 'playgrounds' in the village - when my daughter goes she always says: 'where is the rest?' |
a local mode of transport
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| no public transport - so you either need a car or one of these if you are young (ok, maybe not my grandfather's one) |
a typical house
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| a small 'block of flats' |
a street
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| a small street bordered by one of the streams that run through the village |
a nursery
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| a local nursery for kids between 3 months and 6 years old - these are rare in rural France. the village is lucky to have one. |
a market, supermarket or other shopping outlet
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| the local weekly market - a tradition where people meet and buy good food |
and more photos to give you a taste of life in Longny:
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| most of the village is in a hole, surrounded by hills. to get out, you must pedal hard as a kid on your bike! |
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| the local church |
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| a flowery summer backyard |
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| an old wash-house - a cool meeting place when you are a teenager |
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| town hall (on a famous wedding day ;-) i.e. there isn't normally that many people kissing each other!) |
how fun! i love that this series is mostly pictures with few words and am looking forward to taking the world tour! -maria
ReplyDeleteOoh, love the old wash house!
ReplyDeleteI laughed at your daughter asking "where's the rest?" at the playground!
Forgot to e-mail you, but I've found me on the list and written down when it's my turn. I still have a few days to take my photos.
Perfect! Looking forward to your instalment, obviously.
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ReplyDeleteI find it curious though that there is a block of flats in a village which seems quite small. Perhaps it goes hand in hand with the nursery.
I know. It is a little pointless really and not very popular. But young people who cannot afford a house do live in them.
DeleteGreat idea, look forward to reading them all.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful little town! This series is going to be so much fun...looking forward to everyone's posts. Thanks for putting it all together!
ReplyDeleteHow idyllic! Looking forward to the rest of the series :)
ReplyDeleteNot so idyllic when you are 15 and bored! I longed for a big city.
DeleteAbsolutely loved all of the pictures! Thank you for allowing us a virtual visit of your neighborhood! :)
ReplyDeleteSalut ! What a beautiful town! And I bet the cheese and wine are great too!
ReplyDeleteMarta
Oh yes!
DeleteSo beautiful and so nice! Hope to visit there someday!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures, looks like a really attractive town! I spent a year teaching English at primary and secondary schools in Dreux, which looks like it isn't all that far away.
ReplyDeleteJonathan
The town looks very very beautiful and a calm, rejuvenating place to live.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a beautiful neighborhood and a lovely place to grow up.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful area!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I am so excited about this series!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful pictures. It's so real but set back in time given the history! It has a look that somehow manages to stay in style :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your beautiful village!
ReplyDeleteIt's like a fairy-tale town! Very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow totally amazing and the place you live comes right out of a fairy tale book. Soooo beautiful! Too bad about the parks though. :(
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely but you call it a very small village in France. Mine must be a very, very, very small village in France as we have less than 400 inhabitants. #AllAboutFrance
ReplyDeleteI love this series (and was happy to be part of it too!) thanks for linking it to #AllAboutFrance. Longny looks lovely but I can imagine, as you mention in a comment, that as a teenager it was somewhat limiting. As a parent I think it looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteGreat series! Love the photos. We're living in a super tiny village north of Paris, this year, too, so we understand the "public transportation" a little too well! Fun to find you on #AllAboutFrance!
ReplyDeleteLovely series photos, wonderfull nursery, nice place , best regard from Belgium.
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