La Puisaye

La Puisaye

J'ai traversé cette semaine une région qu'on appelle la Puisaye, entre Vierzon et Auxerre. Le temps était brouillasseux et pourtant quelle balade!.. Les forêts interminables, les allées qui s'enfoncent dans la brume, les manoirs entrevus derrière un rideau d'arbres... Je me suis arrêté à la Chapelle d'Angillon, le village d'Alain Fournier, j'ai fait quelques pas dans le parc où se trouve le musée qui lui est consacré, il est installé dans les dépendances d'un superbe petit château du 15e s. Suis reparti à travers la campagne et les vergers de pommiers et de poiriers. J'ai traversé la Loire je ne sais plus où, et me suis arrêté pour voir un autre château, celui de St Fargeau, magnifique, massif, tout en briques rouges, à vous couper le souffle! Il appartiendrait à un certain Michel Guyot qui consacre sa vie à le remettre en état... Mais que tout celà est beau, mais que la France est belle! Ne la donnez pas bon sang! Gardez la pour vous!

Comments

[Philippe]

Le château de la Chapelle d'Angillon n'est pas en Puisaye mais en Pays-Fort (berry)

[johanna]

Je te remercie pour ton message.  J'avait ecrit la raconte de dire combien j'amais la France, je t'ai donné un compliment, pas d'avoir un blog!! "How lucky can one get!' Quand on dit comme  ça, on mets l'accent sur l'expression et l'émotion de cette situation . Je pouvais dire: 'I am very lucky', mais ce ne dit l'émotion d'exceptionel bonheur que va avec ça. I.e 'How stupid can I be!' On voulais expresser avec accent l'ennui de  stupidité on sense en ce moment. Je te  souhaite le bonheur avec ton blog Konk,

[johanna]

WHAT!!?!! No acid tongue, no snide remarks? If I had not been sitting down, I would have fallen over. Is this really the same guy writing this? Are you sure you wrote this Konk, or do you have a'nice' twin tucked away somewhere? It seems to me you appreciate the beauty around you more than you do the beauty within your fellow beings. However, it was nice to see a softer, more sensitve side of the otherwise oh so cynical Konk. Thank you for sharing you experience, you dexcribed it so vividly, I could almost see it. Yes France is beautiful (and vast) I have only been through France a few times . When I was about 20, my sister and i drove our very old Deux Cheveaux to the south of France for a holiday in the sun, and we took a 'wrong' turn (or right) and we ended up driving through the mountains, which was quite a feat (coming from a flat country like the Netherlands) and a wonderful adventure. The mountains were amazing, the villages picturesque and the people so kind and patient to us as we practised our schoolfrench on them. We stayed overnight in a wee inn and were amazed that my orange juice was more expensive than my sister's glass of wine! In the Netherlands I lived with one leg in the city and the other leg in the forest where i spent all my holidays in my family's littel wooden cottage which had no running water or electricity and a 'londrop' for a toilet. It was fantastic! "Cuture' and history in the city and the simplicity and relative remoteness of the forest. How lucky can one get! Once a fortnight I drive 50km north to Taupo, along lake Taupo (Maori call it Taupo Moana which means Taupo Sea as the lake is so big). The drive is stunning. Coming back and going down the Hatepe Hill, you get 'hit' by a sudden panoramic view of the lake which moves along with you as the road curves. Like you said in your story Konk: breathtaking. I was in the South Island of NZ recently and the scenery there is even more awe-inspiring! France has a LOT of castles, (France has been an empire after all, but let's not forget who built these magnificent buildings, not the rich owners....) and I happen the have seen a couple when I was in France in June. I came into your country by train and as overwhelmed by the vastness of you plains. I had forgotten how big and beautiful you country is, I wil have to come back one day soon and do some exploring!!! 

[konk]

Merci Johanna de lire aussi attentivement mes papiers.  Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire "how lucky can one get! " J'espère que j'ai compris le reste de  ta  longue réponse. Tu devrais faire un blog. A bientôt   K