River View Park lies on the south shore of the Jin River. Here we find the more than 30 m high Chongli Pavilion, known as Wangjiang Pavilion, which is especially attractive due to its unique ornaments. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click […]
A boat trip on the Loire river
Our boat trip on the Loire starts in the village of Les Carroueils. In the morning, the fisherman Claude Janin welcomes us at his mooring. Besides fishing, he offers boat tours for tourists on the Loire during the summer. During the winter, he earns his living with the production of his own fish pies. He […]
Flight from FFM over Greenland to Los Angeles
On the flight 1979 from Frankfurt / Main to Los Angeles I crossed Greenland. I was particularly impressed by the gigantic snow and ice surfaces. A part has melted already. How long will it be before nothing is left…? You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the […]
Villa Lemot – Clisson
The Villa Lemot lies in a picturesque park, the so-called Domaine de la Garenne Lemot. The park was created at the beginning of the nineteenth century by the sculptor François-Frédéric Lemot and belongs to both the communities and Gétigné Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique and the community Cugand in the department of Vendée. The area was […]
Chateau de Clisson
Clisson, a picturesque town in the region Pays de la Loire, is approx. 30 km south of Nantes. The town is dominated by a mighty castle, the Château de Clisson on a rock above the Sevre Nantaise, at the mouth of the Moine. The castle was the seat of the Lords of Clisson, to whom […]
Chateau du Côing – Saint Fiacre
Chateau du Côing lies at the confluence of Sèvre Nantaise and Maine in the village of Saint Fiacre, not far from the city of Nantes. The castle owes its name to this location, because Côing is the old french word for corner (French: Coin). Already since 1421 , the family of the present owner Véronique […]