Eiswein? When we were in Germany, we learned it is considered special.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_wine

First time I have seen it for sale with the greens attached...

I looked too... No idea how they tell by looking, but copying from a website, I found, "Simply put: if your chestnut hull has only one nut fruit inside, it's a marron. If there is more than one, it's a châtaigne."

I guess you just need to know which tree they came from. No apparent difference, and no price difference, so it must be one of those French peculiarities.

I can't see this guy without thinking of Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah in "Roxanne", which was filmed in adorable Nelson, British Columbia.

Apparently so, if the statue is accurate.

So he really did have a long nose.

These are bolgas, market baskets handmade in Ghana. The leather handles are outstanding for carrying heavy produce, we have one expressly for bringing in stuff from the garden. They will last a lifetime.

Neat. A red kite, I’m pretty sure.

You really are a Renaissance man Keith.

Despite the identifying number at this location on the map, this definitely did not look Roman to us.

We, especially Dodie, enjoy poking around the ruins, but we were too early to go in. Maybe next time through.

Frankly, we want nothing to do with them, in French OR in English.

French ostéopathe = American chiropractor.

Not Roman, eighteenth century or later, judging by the masonry. The « real » Porte romaine is in ruins in a garden, the arch is long gone and only a grassy passage between two dilapidated stone walls remains.

Colored plaster, almost as nice as in Pompéi !