Presles & Auvers-sur-Oise


On Patrimony day in France, you are permitted to visit places not normally open to the public. We visited The Abbey of Notre Dame du Val (51kb) The Abbey of Notre Dame du Val (37kb) Allan could spend an entire vacation visiting French bakeries (38kb) So much to sample.....so little time (51kb) Eeny, Meany, Miney, Moe.....what the heck, I'll take one of each! (42kb)
This tree is much larger in person (73kb) The Forest of Carnelle - at the end of the Street on which our friends, the Mahey's, live (47kb) The Forest of Carnelle - an ancient Roman road runs through it (49kb) A lake in the Forest of Carnelle where we had a picnic - a good reflection shot (17kb) A lake in the Forest of Carnelle (28kb)
More of the lake in the Forest of Carnelle (37kb) Reflections in the Lake in the Forest of Carnelle (21kb) More reflections in the lake - Forest of Carnelle (23kb) The Mahey family mugging for the Mix camera (24kb) And again..... (21kb)
Two beautiful French sisters - Lola and Gaby (21kb) Lola and Gaby (20kb) The Mahey home in Presles (34kb) The Mahey Garden in Presles (57kb) The Presles War Memorial (38kb)
Inside the Church at Auvers-sur-Oise (24kb) Sophie, Vincent and Diane outside the Church at Auvers-sur-Oise (28kb) The Church at Auvers-sur-Oise (28kb) Church at Auvers-sur-Oise made famous by Van Gogh's painting (36kb) Van Gogh's painting of the Church at Auvers-sur-Oise (39kb)
The Church at Auvers-sur-Oise and Van Gogh's painting (27kb) Two brothers (46kb) Van Gogh's humble gravesite on a hill at Auvers-sur-Oise (38kb)