I wish I could say it was planned but I don't remember if I noticed her being in the light like that.

Some times the magic works.

Had the opportunity to spend a few hours in St. Malo....quite something. Thanks.

We feel really lucky. My wife got a job in Germany the year before the Trump I election. We had planned to travel around Europe when we retired but jumped quickly. I retired and we have been here for nearly 11 years now.
It is great to be able to get to many places without too much hassle.

Thank you for posting these beautiful photographs.

We are just happy to be able to do so.

France is such a beautiful place! Lucky you, getting to travel there.

You take good care of yourself and all the best for your husband.
Trying times for you both.

TY for the wonderful photos, Old Crank. Reminds me of my college Art History classes.

they were heavily bombed during WWII.

Nice to see the church that blessed his travels.

We got a fair amount of European Explorer history in grade school in Canada.
So it was a surprise to see the plaque in the church.

We got a lot of Quebec history over the years.

is a bit different that US history of the same era. Gave me an early lesson in how countries shape the narrative.

When were you in Ottawa? I was at the , the now closed AFB Rockcliffe from about 1956 to 1965.
My father, who had emphysema, migrated to Phoenix when he retired.

We were neighbours. Did you know the Tremblays of AFB Rockcliffe? Mrs. Was like a second mom to us. We adored her. They had a daughter named Linda.

They totally rebuilt the base into mixed market housing and done a good job of it.

I had heard it was converted to housing of some type.
The Tremblay name seems familiar. But I don't recall.
I lived on Bishop Blvd and went to Viscount Alexander, no longer there.
My parents knew a Couple named Gly(i)don, daughter Dana.

Fun pace to be before HS.

in what was called Eastview. Looks like it has a French name now Vanier? Just like Hull across the river is now Gatineau.
That is a much better name than Hull.

base.

Yes the base is a huge housing development that has lots of kinds of housing (I hope subsidized too) and playgrounds everywhere for kids.

Hull and neighboring towns Aylmer, Chelsea and Wakefield were all named after towns near Boston where Philemon Wright, founder of Hull, was originally from. Hull has been renamed Gatineau, Wakefield renamed Lapeche which makes sense since they are on the Quebec side. Eastview is still Vanier, though the city of Vanier itself has been swallowed up by the City of Ottawa as has Rockcliffe Park been, but they still are called by their neighbourhood names.

The second to the last one is my favorite.

Some times you get lucky with the light.
I haven't been in many Cathedrals when there has been good light and good stained glass to slay over the walls.

I did manage to get similar light in the Brutalist church in Le Havre. Pics to come.