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countries • Kerala, the Spice Coast. • Sri Lanka, the Tea Road. • Hong-kong, funny tramways. • Hong-kong, centenary traditions. • Hong-kong, before 1997. • Chine, Lijiang, the Women Valley. • Vietnam, Hoi An, a Chinese city. • Andalousy, Arabic influences. France • Belle-Île, portraits and sceneries. • The Marne-to-the-Rhin canal. • New-Caledonia. Heritage • Pays de Bray, secret and authentic. • Norman abbeys, from Jumièges to Mont-Saint-Michel. • Pays d’Auge, the region of manor-houses. • Rouen, portrait of a town. Gardens • Fifteen gardens of Normandy. • Bois des Moutiers, English garden on the Côte d’Albâtre. • Miromesnil, Maupassant’s vegetable garden. • Bellevue garden. Writers and painters • Writers’ residences, places of inspiration. • Maupassant, from the cliffs of Etretat and apple-tree fields. • Maurice Leblanc : Arsène Lupin’s intrigue in the Pays de Caux region. • Flaubert, for Emma’s eyes. • Prévert, secret garden in the Cap de la Hague. • Barbey d’Aurevilly, in the moor of the Cotentin. • Impressionnists, under the Norman sky • The artists and the Seine river, a passionate link. Resources • The Flax Road, from blue flower fields to linen. • Horses from the Perche region, princes of the Haras du Pin studfarm. |
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