10.11.07
Traveling in the Provinces: Ambierle
I’ve been away from Paris for a week, visiting some collections in Lyon for my dissertation and also squeezing in some time with old friends. I haven’t been able to be online very often, but just got the chance to share with you some photos from a little village called Ambierle, in the Loire region of France (about 1.5 hours from Lyon).
Ambierle’s church’s roof is made with traditional tiles from the Bourgogne region, a pattern very prevalent in the area around Dijon.
Ambierle is also the “village du livre” (book village), with several used book shops and a bi-monthly book market in the warmer months of the year. I found some wonderful old journals for a euro each – quite a steal, since they go for at least 15€ in Paris! A little place definitely off the beaten path but worth a visit when in the region.
megan said,
October 11, 2007 at 6:17 pm
How nice. Sometimes I so wish we did not live in garbage strewn Marseille. I had a job interview in Dijon, so took the TGV up there, and I remember passing towns like that.
Liz said,
October 12, 2007 at 1:08 am
So what does a Village du Libre come to be?
That patterned church roof is really amazing, it looks extremely detailed!
Thank you for sharing these!
rachel said,
October 14, 2007 at 10:14 am
It is a very quaint little town, but I imagine it would be difficult to find work there! Lots of people in the area commute over an hour to go to work.
The “Village du Livre” is a recent initiative which I hope will be a success. The booksellers are very knowledgeable and friendly and you can tell they just love to talk books, even if you don’t buy anything. I look forward to going back sometime in the spring to see what other jewels I can find.