Dwight Peck's personal website
Summer
2008 -- Last days of Kristin's May visit,
and the Château de Joux
Nice visit in May 2008, though not a lot of time off work for mere frivolities.
You
may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a
good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught
up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.
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First, some chamois stalking in rough weather near La Dôle. More here.
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Then some time spent running all about Rome, Italy, to see sights and sites. More here.
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Now, a little tarte citron and an afterthought.
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A few investigations of enormous karst gouffres, this one near the Perroude du Vaud, 31 May 2008
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That's enough of that for the moment.
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Pharmaceutical pit stop in Pontarliers, France, and a big Sunday disappointment
The Château de Joux
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The Château de Joux in France, near Pontarliers, 1 June 2008
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Our excellent guide, François, explaining the hegemonic symbolism on the gate
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The view from the Château to the road leading out towards Neuchâtel. The French TGV rail line, Paris to Lausanne, runs across the bottom.
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Our guide in full cry
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Prisoner Mirabeau's famous bedroom. When he wasn't in one of his other bedrooms.
(This and other tales of the Château de Joux can be found here.)
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Kristin enthralled by historical military artifacts
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Mirabeau's bedroom out the window
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A yawn, and Mirabeau's bedroom
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A protest. And Mirabeau's bedroom.
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The barracks kitchen
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Poor Berthe's cell
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With no room to lie down in (Berthe's story)
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Our guide dropping large stones on the little kids. To illustrate, to squeals of chagrin, that they're made of foam rubber for a Belmondo movie.
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Even the loo is authentically medieval
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Time to go home now, and get ready to go to the USA.
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All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 20 June 2008, revised 2 October 2014.
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