• About
  • Masthead Picture
  • My Books
  • The Vieux Chateau du Cros

Victoria Corby

~ Reading, writing, living in France

Victoria Corby

Tag Archives: Bordeaux

The Reading Box

12 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by victoriacorby in Books, France

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

boite a lire, Bordeaux, Reading Box

France has a great library service, even tiny villages often have some form of library.  Admittedly the one in our commune, pop 276, is staffed by volunteers, is only open once a month and doesn’t have a huge amount of books but it’s the principle that counts.

On a visit to the Parc Riviere in Bordeaux this week we came across this:

June 13 013It’s a boite a lire where you’re invited to ‘liberate’ your books and magazines and leave them for someone else to read.  Or you can take one home to read for yourself.  Or browse a book while lying on the grass in the sunshine of course.

There’s a whole lot more of these distributed around Bordeaux.  What a wonderful, generous and uplifting idea!

One reason why I love going to Bordeaux…

20 Sunday Oct 2013

Posted by victoriacorby in France

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

Bordeaux

…the weather has to be truly horrible not to get a rush of pleasure at the sight of the waterfront, the pont pierre, the stunning miroir d’eau on the quais in front of la place de la Bourse and so much else that makes up my adopted city.

Though I should think that the tourism office of Toulouse might be a little teed off at the music to this video – Toulouse is known as the Ville Rose because of the pinkish brick of many of its houses.  Perhaps there is no such thing as honour amongst tourist departments.

Something Weird In The Neighbourhood

30 Sunday Oct 2011

Posted by victoriacorby in France

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Bordeaux, zombies

Such a nice group of young people

The middle daughter took part in Bordeaux’s second Zombie Walk yesterday.  It’s a gloriously silly event where lots of the young, and not quite so young, splatter themselves liberally in fake blood and other gory acoutrements and gather in the Place de la Bourse, before lurching around the streets of Bordeaux hoping to scare the living daylights out of passers by, well give them a little bit of a frisson, as well as a giggle.  The walk had been quite well reported in advance this year so there weren’t a lot of people who were very surprised at seeing that the undead had invaded rue St Catherine.  Last year when it was just a Facebook event that took off the zombies apparently scored some real results especially when they surrounded a tram and started rapping on the windows.

It’s all fun and very good humoured, though the daughter said that the proprietor of the bar where she and a group of friends stopped off for a drink did seem a little worried that they might be driving away customers.  However the most surprising thing about the whole even is how many men tried to hit on my daughter; they were shoppers too, not fellow zombies.

Of course my daughter is beautiful, charming, witty etc and I’m never surprised when she attracts attention but even maternal prejudice has a limit.  I can see that there’s really a delightful girl here, but honestly if I had a son and he decided that this was his idea of a dream date I’d be more than a little worried.

The ideal daughter in law?

Recent Posts

  • Old Friends
  • Learning Something New…
  • The Reading Box
  • Enfin, le Soleil…
  • Roofers – 0, Mrs Corby’s Emergency Roof Repair Service – 1

Recent Comments

jay53 on Knocked down by a feather
antalya escort kızla… on Knocked down by a feather
alexraphael on I’m trying…
alexraphael on The Reading Box
alexraphael on Old Friends

Archives

  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011

Blogroll

  • Writing Home
  • Desperate Anglo Housewives Bordeaux
  • Literary Relish
  • Crimepieces
  • Susie Kelly
  • Life on La Lune
  • fotoartdirect
  • Read Eng, Didi's Press
  • Steve Bichard
  • French Immersion

Categories

  • Books
  • Cats
  • Cooking
  • Desert Island Bookcase
  • Dogs
  • France
  • Gardening
  • Historical Monuments
  • New Experiences 2012
  • Reading
  • Uncategorized
  • Vieux Chateau du Cros
  • Wildlife
  • Writing

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

About my books on Facebook

Victoria Corby, Author

Promote your Page too

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Victoria Corby
    • Join 83 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Victoria Corby
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...