White Xmas was all and more than expected here in Besancon. So cold, so much snow, a snowman on the deck, mulled wine, knee deep powder to walk through, huge snowflakes and all this glorious food to celebrate Xmas with. (very much an indoor Xmas) Cam finally made to Paris where I met him, extremely stressed after 4 days blocked in Munich. We saw a few sights before taking the TGV back here, including joining a very long queue to go up the Eiffel tower for a glass of bubbly.
Lourve-Paris
Igor - so beautiful-too cold
Hugging a snow tree
Making snow angels - Besancon by the river
Old town in the snow
Besancon from the Citadel
The street where I live
Buche de Noel
Doubs river - freezing -8
Frozen tunnel under the citadel
Xmas markets from the Ferrris wheel-Besancon
Besancon by night from the Ferris wheel
This was a truely unique(even for the french due to the amount of snow) and very magic Xmas, forget the summer, the BBQ and sunburn, it was cosy, white, and we had servings of all that was French, Buche de Noel, Escargots, Santon decorations, nougat, foie gras, des huitres, galette des rois, marrons, champagne, lots of mulled wine, Dinde, chocolat, ..................Life just goes on in a snow storm and one manages transport closures, ice and the freezing cold with the help of grit, snowchains and some excellent Kiwi brand
winter clothing.
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