The village surrounding the castle looks like it came straight out of the fairy-tales, and this shot is typical of what it looks like - very authentic, filled with lovely flowers and oh, so beautiful! You could easily film a movie set in the medieval ages here, or why not an episode of Game of Thrones? Remove a few modern details, like the lamp, and I could see Daenerys stopping here on her way to Westeros :).
I was a bit surprised to find out that people actually live in this beautiful place. Walking through the streets, I thought that it felt closer to a museum than a place where you park your car and go inside to relax on the sofa. What a lovely place to live. I envy the people ho get to call this place home.
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Gorgeous architect with centuries worth of character eroded into it, love the glowing feel of summer and warmth you've managed to capture through your processing, great work.
ReplyDeleteMore lovely colours and a beautiful setting. Definitely very French, and in fact, a lot of Europe has this great feeling, which is why we from much younger countries, marvel at it all so much!
ReplyDeleteThere are drawbacks though. A friend I know from Italy said that she knew someone who had to quit university because he was in a wheelchair and the uni buildings are all so old, they don't have wheelchair access and it can't be retro-fitted. For us in Australia, where all public buildings and workplaces have to have disability access, this is a foreign concept. Quaint only goes so far towards the practicalities expected in the modern world.
But I am with you in that I definitely do like quaint for photography and novelty value, and you have certainly done it a great justice here! Well done!