La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé

La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé

After we visited Hélène's friend Marie in the little village of Clisson, we headed into Nantes proper to visit her friends Erwan and Delphine. Erwan and Delphine live at La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé, which was …

Alternative to Christmas Dinner

Spending Thanksgiving in Nantes, where its not really celebrated obviously, a big turkey wasn't on the agenda.

However, Hélène's friend Marie had stopped by her favorite boucherie (butcher) the day before and picked a damn near turkey-sized chicken.

Those …

Christmas Market

Just a few photos from the Christmas market in Nantes. Or rather, a couple of them, there were a few throughout the city. I'd guess same place they have the normal markets, but set up for a few weeks leading up to Christmas.

Mechanical Toys

Les Machines de L'ile Nantes

Ok, so as usual, Hélène read my last post and I got an earful about how horribly I described the people behind the Machines de L'ile Nantes. And, as I looked around for more info about them, of course she was right. Those that know me are probably not surprised the …

Les Machines de L'ile Nantes

While we were in Nantes we visited this really cool project in Nantes. You sort of get the impression, or at least I did probably from having been in LA, that this was a place where old set designers and practical effects guys go to die.

In fact, it has more to do …

Bloggin

Been kinda busy with this- www.mondoswank.com

By my count, I've got about 3 chateaus, three markets and a number of dinners and other food related things that I haven't gotten to.

Will try to get to some soon...

Patisserie

Most patissiries here are in a boulanger, or bakery, and its generally 75/25 in terms of space dedicated to bread vs. pastries. Even so, usually there are at least one or four really delicious looking concoctions, and its very difficult to pass them up most of the …