French roundabouts
I’m back from a quick road trip to Nice, and a blog entry with lots of photos of the route will follow soon. But for now, here’s some insight into French roundabouts. During my trip, I passed all sorts of interesting roundabouts, but most of the time it was too hard to stop for a photo. I’ve taken some, but here are just a few of the roundabouts I came across (that I remember):
- giant statues of sheep grazing, rolling on their backs and dancing (!?) on a grassy roundabout near Chambery;
- various animal carvings on roundabouts near the Col de Galibier;
- a man-sized globe of the earth in Digne-les-Bains;
- roundabouts in various villages celebrating le Tour de France bike race (due to go through those villages within the next few weeks);
- a giant copper perfume distiller in Grasse, the home of many perfumeries; and,
- a télépherique in Serre Chevalier (pictured).
And of course, just before La Clusaz, I passed my local ‘happening’ roundabout in St. Jean de Sixt, which had a mannequin dressed in Napoleonic battle costume, perched on the roof of the little house. It was too dark to take a good photo. I think the man that puts the mannequins on the roundabout might have been drinking a bit before that one…
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OK, I admit it. Your roundabouts are more interesting than the ones I have failed to photograph in Switzerland. Clearly your female ability to multi task allows you to take photos while driving, while I, as a mere male would have to stop (tricky on a roundabout) and then faff about for ages to get the photo right. Was watching the Tour de France the other night, and saw quite a few interesting ones, plus a lot that where just manky grass, presumably the local council is saving up for something to impress the neighbours.
Great writing, keep it up!
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!