Belgium, 2-1 against Algeria.
Second goal at 80 minutes.
Barbizon, France
We have returned to the hotel so the Belgian bloke can watch Belgium play Algeria in the World Cup.
Currently this is not going well, at 67 minutes we have 1-0 to Algier however it has been lovely for me to sit down and go through my photographs ...
We wandered all over the area today, visiting Barbizon too. As in, The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name from the village of Barbizon, France, near the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered.
Source: wikipedia.
It is incredibly, stunningly beautiful there but very expensive. It wasn't a love at first sight kind of response but it was a beautiful village to stop a while in.
Update: at 70 minutes, Belgium scored.
Wandering, near Fontainebleau, France
This church. I couldn't resist slipping inside. It was completely empty and really quite beautiful ... another small glimpse of Moret-Sur-Loing.
Found in a River in France
I looked down, while crossing a bridge in the town of Moret-Sur-Loing, and saw this ...
I liked it and spent some time trying to capture something of the River Loing.
Katherine Mansfield, 1888-1923
The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody's fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind.
― Katherine Mansfield
Honouring Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry -14 October 1888 until 9 January 1923
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.
― Katherine Mansfield
