Strangely, this meant that I left out the more conventional and probably better pictures from my holiday. Troyes is in fact a fairytale town clad largely in fifteenth-century timber and dominated by three cathedrals; Flemish-influenced Arras has the only colonnade of its kind in France and a magnificent town hall that was entirely rebuilt after the Second World War (actually the intricately carved stone corner in the last post is part of the back of the mairie); Avignon is famous for its university, the Palais des Papes and of course the bridge; Arles for its Roman amphitheatres and international film festival as well as Van Gogh.
Maybe another day.
The sock mark II continues apace. Before I unravel its predecessor, the little sock that accompanied me all the way home, I thought I'd show you a few more pictures I left out the other day.
A more organised person would have done this before we left.
Don't worry, I only left it like that when we stopped!
Oh, and you do get to see the Arras town hall after all.
5 comments:
Just found your blog and am enjoying your pictures as well as your taste in literature. I read Madame Bovary in June on a trip to Belgium and found it to be quite the page-turner.
bonjour interknitter, i note you failed to mention that arras is the twin town of ipswich - by far it's main selling point :)
very ingenious with the ball-winding. Though I should point out that your steering wheel is on the wrong side.
What a great picture with the yarn! (And I love Elli's comment.)
Oo, novel ways of winding yarn! :) Lucky sock!
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