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Wednesday 9 June 2010

This is the village I used to live in French Switzerland


It is a small little place called Coppet but it is grand. It has a 17th Century Chateau which is a working one, the family still live there and it is the venue for garden exhibitions, theatrical perfomances and musical concerts. The Chateau is world famous as it was the home of Jacques Necker and his daughter Madame de Stael, a fierce intellectual during Napolean's time who collected all the free thinkers around her.
The village has a lovely arcade of shops, some of them dating back to the 14th Century.



The village is on the edge of Lac Leman, what most people call Lake Geneva this wonderful expanse of clear, clean water where people go boating, swimming or just walk along its edge.





The attention to detail is what makes Switzerland the place it is and the fountains are one small example of this.


3 comments:

  1. You LUCKY lady!!! So clean and beautiful. We did have quite a cool day yesterday, but the dirt was still here! Have a lovely holiday.

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  2. Thank you J you too. Will report on more beauty soon. Love MM

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  3. Beautiful, beautiful! The photo of the flowers at the waters edge is gorgeous!

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