La Fête des Loges

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What could possibly be more exciting than a French Fun Fair in mid-July!

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For a minute there, the colors made me think I was in Oaxaca.

Wait, coca flavored granitas?

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Coca Cola, perhaps?

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Coca is what the French say instead of Coke.

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Sorry, Breeze!

So much fun to see this report, especially as it looks like we took completely different pictures. Tons of great & cheerful photos, but my favorite so far is the one with the croustillons sign -- I love that long perspective with the profusion of white globes and all the other gray and white in the forefront of the colorful event. Such a good eye!

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I would have thought Mexico at first glance, too!

There was so much to see, you're bound to have many different types of photos from me, Bixa. Plus, I conked out at the end and turned off my camera. Since we visited Versailles first thing in the morning, and made another stop before the fair, we packed a lot into that one day thanks to our intrepid leader.

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There is no way I would ever go on a ride like this - a kind of sit down, bungee thing - but watching the whole process from start to finish was mesmerizing.
















Finally, I couldn't watch any more...










Something like this is more my speed.

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I've often wondered what it would feel like to be inside one of these bubbles.

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The cooks in the food areas were working very hard, and the smell of roasting meat was incredible.













In hindsight, we should have ordered up plates for our dinner. I think we were just too tired and, perhaps, not yet hungry enough.







Watching the cooks at work was quite interesting.
















Heading back to the car, I put my camera away, but look forward to seeing photos from our friends.

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Believe it or not, I took a grand total of 3 photographs there, having already documented such events in both Paris and Nancy in the past. And I may not have fully recovered yet after being detained by the police on suspicion of taking photos of children a couple of years ago. But anyway, here are my three pictures.

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Three? See, you were tired, too.

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Not me. I wanted to stay there and drink beer and gorge on pig.

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That's because you'd caught a quick cat nap in the back seat on the drive there.

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Aug 13, 2016 17:59:09 GMT kerouac2 said:

Believe it or not, I took a grand total of 3 photographs there...But anyway, here are my three pictures.

I like the photo of the pig. I'm not sure I remember seeing it at the fair.

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I remember the piggy & am pretty sure I have a photo of it too. Good shot, Kerouac.

I'm very jealous of your kid-in-bubble pics, Htmb, as I tried & tried to get a good one but didn't. Yours are fabulous. Love your various closeups of man vs. pig parts. So many great pictures. I love the one of the family on the Mouse.

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Thanks, Bixa.

Those guys were pretty handy with the giant cleavers.