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One of my favourite towns in Normandy is Lyons La Forêt. Surrounded by beautiful green countryside and forest, the town centre is small and unspoilt.
A great place to drive to for lunch, a little brocante shopping. A place to wander and soak in the atmosphere.
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My favourite spot for lunch? In the winter the Grand Cerf Hotel
and in the summer, the garden of La Licorne
after lunch a little brocante shopping
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and some goodies from the farm shop
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My idea of a happy day![blank][blank]
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The antique store would be my favorite go-to place for inspiration. Thank you for the tour.
What a lovely town. My idea of a good day out.
Oh what a gorgeous town…..I will certainly take note of it's name.
I always enjoy my visits to your blog…..thank you!!
Wonderful photos Sharon, thanks for sharing xx
Oh my I want to lunch and poke around with you!!!
We must put this village on our stopping list for our trip next month. We are staying with friends near Caen – any other suggestions?
Gerrie
My idea of a pertectly 'happy day' too!!
Enjoy your weekend!
Kris (www.cricketacresstudio.blogspot.com)
How quaint! I love the window boxes with the gorgeous flowers…really adds to the character of the lovely old structures! Wish I was there NOW!!! As always, thank you for sharing your part of the world with us…seeing it makes me very happy! :))
Sharon, I may never get to tour France but I adore seeing it through your eyes?
I loved seeing this beautiful town. It is ideal and so very charming.
This is the French architecture I spend hours searching for online. I am trying to design my dollhouse. 😉
I Love this Town!!!…sorry but my english is not very good ;-(( You Blog is fantastic!!! kiss Sara
I want to go! Very pretty! Thanks for sharing!
Me too!
Looks divine, my kind of a trip!
Happy Weekend, Sharon!
Nancy
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I would like to do this today!
Dreaming…. *___*
Happy weekend Sharon
Fra
My idea of a good day too Sharon… xv
Sounds like a wonderful day! Lovely shops and beautiful scenery!
I'm virtually travelling before I'm really there.
I'm very gratefull for these posts. I'm very happy we will be there enjoying with the kids in 3 months!
My notes are getting really interesting!
Loved this post and wednesday one specially!
Okay, I'm adding this town to my list of places I must visit next time I am in France! The summer lunch spot in particular looks like heaven.
Looks like heaven to me, its gorgeous
What a gorgeous village to explore and spend the day at…it would definitely make for a happy day for me too! xxoo
Qué preciosidad de ciudad!! Gracias por compartirlo. Besitossss!!
Picture postcard perfect. Bon weekend.
I would love to go to the Grand Cerf Hotel …the birch trees and low chairs on the red tile floor just have me spinning …oh how surreal…(:
Ha, I have been there many a time – there is also a lovely walk that starts in the town and takes in the beautiful woodland that gives it its name. Plenty of time to have lunch before hand or stop in a cafe for a hot chocolate afterwards (or wine depending how you are feeling at the time!)
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My vision of paradise – just beautiful! xx
Your posts are always visaully delicious and informative! Still wish I were there with you!
How gorgeous! I would love to visit Normandy some time.
~ Clare x
What a beautiful town…with a great name. My family name! Although we live in America I have plans if visiting Europe, particulay France. Thank you for all the hard work you have put into your posts. I look forward to those little reminders from my email every day:)
Dawne Lyon
What a beautiful town…with a great name. My family name! Although we live in America I have plans if visiting Europe, particulay France. Thank you for all the hard work you have put into your posts. I look forward to those little reminders from my email every day:)
Dawne Lyon
Many thanks for such a write-up. I undoubtedly cherished reading it and talk about this it to
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I know this place like the back of my hand. Once, when I arrived back from a trip to the states, my husband (French) said to me: I have a surprise for you. He took me to Lyons La Foret and there they were filming the movie, Madame Bovary. Facinating to see how the asphalt was covered with canvas and how earth and gravel were dumped over it. Plus they surfaced several exteriors with fiberglass – some of them you wouldn't have thought they needed it since they looked authentic enough for our eyes. But the most wonderful thing is: they contructed a fiberglass fountain in the town square which was kept for AGES after the movie production finished and the town transformed back to what it was. And even though it was continually disinigrating, they kept it and kept it.
Sometime later, on yet another afternoon outing in Lyons, we saw stonemacons contructing and exact replica of the fountain. Perfect in everyway, this fountain one would have sworn it had been there forever. But it is the 1991 movie that left it's legacy to Lyons.
As I said to my husband: this is one example of LIFE imitating art!