Ile de Ré in the Fog

On the second morning when I visited Ile de Ré, when I opened the shutters of my hotel room, a thick fog blanketed the harbor. Although it was supposed to be sunny later in the day, I was thrilled by the sight of the fog, because we rarely have fog in Paris. 

I immediately got dressed, and ran out of the hotel, even before eating their delicious breakfast and drinking thier strong coffee, to take photos. There’s a park area with lots of trees and walking paths along the sea. The fog covering parts of the trees was astonishingly beautiful and I took lots of photos. What was so interesting after I viewed the photos when I transferred them to my computer, was that part of them looked like black and white from the from the effect of the fog and the other parts, the faint greenness of the trees, the color came through. It was like having black and white and color in the same photo without having to make alterations.  

Do you like these and have some favorites? 

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

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Comments

[Sheri]

Right place. Right time. Beautiful photos! It was worth the price of breakfast and coffee!

[Cheryl]

I do love these! My two favorites are the tree with the lighthouse in the foggy background and the close up of the wall with the moss!

[CARMEN CLARKE]

Love these fog photos! Esp the ones with the old wall and the one with three trees in the circular path. Great eye, Richard!

[Margaret de Vanssay]

These pictures of Ile de Ré, the lighthouse, the fishermans' boat, the port, parc and Vaubans' fortifications dimmed by the morning fog are magical!!

[Julie Mautner]

Love the photos...particularly the lighthouse. Bravo!

[Judy Harris]

The book sound like a marvelous read. I have read several books that Richard Nahem as suggested, and they have been excellent.