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width=672 style='width:503.75pt;background:#FFFFCC;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <h1><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:maroon'>&nbsp; &quot;LA VIEILLE FORGE&quot;</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:maroon'>&nbsp;&nbsp; LOCAL INFORMATION</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> </td> </tr> </table> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=893 style='width:669.85pt; 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href="local.html"><span style='color:#C00000'>LOCAL INFORMATION</span></a></span></u><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1> <h2 style='margin-left:11.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#C00000'><a href="#section1"><span style='color:#C00000'>Vijon</span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2> <p class=toc2 style='margin-left:11.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#C00000'><a href="#section5"><span style='color:#C00000'>Local</span></a><a href="#section5"><span style='color:#C00000'> Activities</span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <h2 style='margin-left:11.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C00000'><a href="#section2"><span style='color:#C00000'>The Berry Region</span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2> <h2 style='margin-left:11.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C00000'><a href="#section3"><span style='color:#C00000'>The Loire Valley</span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2> <h2 style='margin-left:11.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C00000'><a href="#section4"><span style='color:#C00000'>The Auvergne</span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:11.95pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span 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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C00000'><a href="arrival.html"><span style='color:#C00000'>HOW TO </span></a>FIND US</span></u><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1> <h1><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C00000'><a href="booking.html"><span style='color:#C00000'>BOOKING</span></a></span></u><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=597 style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:.75pt'></td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:.75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:1491.0pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:1491.0pt'> <h2 style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify' id=section1><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>The Village of Vijon</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="86%" style='width:86.08%;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; 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height:129.85pt'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:129.85pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><a href="../images/churchInside.jpg"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none'><img border=0 width=200 height=153 id="_x0000_i1052" src="../thumbnails/churchInside.jpg"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt'><a href="../images/church1.jpg"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:windowtext;mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=179 id="_x0000_i1051" src="../thumbnails/church1.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt; 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height:171.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square' o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="local_files/image001.jpg" o:title="view10"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout'><img border=0 width=341 height=229 src="local_files/image003.jpg" alt=view10.jpg v:shapes="Picture_x0020_17"></span><![endif]></span></a><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>The village of Vijon consists of a few houses, the town hall which is also a small primary school (for about ten children; it is closed in July and August), a pretty little church, a picturesque cemetery and a newly built small bar and grocery shop, which is also open on Sunday. </span></p> <p style='margin-left:8.2pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>Bigger shops are at 10 km distance, and various vendors come to the village on different days with their van to sell their products (the baker comes every day).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>You can also buy local wine and beverages directly from a wholesaler by the village square, although the tap water in Vijon is so pure and sweet that you may choose to drink just that.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:354.25pt'> <td valign=bottom style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:354.25pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><a href="../images/VijonMonument.jpg"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=198 height=143 id="_x0000_i1049" src="../thumbnails/VijonMonument.jpg"></span></a></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><a href="../images/square1.jpg"><span style='color:windowtext;mso-no-proof: yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_22" o:spid="_x0000_i1048" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="square1.jpg" href="../images/square1.jpg" style='width:148.5pt;height:99.75pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square' o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="local_files/image005.jpg" o:title="square1"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout'><img border=0 width=198 height=133 src="local_files/image007.jpg" alt=square1.jpg v:shapes="Picture_x0020_22"></span><![endif]></span></a></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><a href="../images/cemetery.jpg"><span style='color:windowtext;mso-no-proof: yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=199 height=170 id="_x0000_i1047" src="../thumbnails/cemetery.jpg"></span></a></p> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="62%" valign=top style='width:62.74%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; height:354.25pt'> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>Vijon is a very quiet place: apart from the occasional car passing by and the few children in the village school, the only sounds you will hear will be those of the cows mooing to the moon in the nearby fields, or the church bells announcing the sunset.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Even the street lights are sometimes switched off late at night.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>At <i>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</i> you will experience the peace and silence of the countryside, with the added benefit of knowing that you are not completely isolated, and there are (a few) people nearby if you need them. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><a href="../images/view9.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:windowtext;mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_25" o:spid="_x0000_i1046" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="view9.jpg" href="../images/view9.jpg" style='width:251.25pt;height:161.25pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square' o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="local_files/image004.jpg" o:title="view9"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout'><img border=0 width=335 height=215 src="local_files/image008.jpg" alt=view9.jpg v:shapes="Picture_x0020_25"></span><![endif]></span></a><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <h2 style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify' id=section5><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Local Activities</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</span></i><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'> is an ideal base for those interested in <b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='color:maroon'>water sports</span></b> (in particular, canoeing and kayaking along one of the many rivers of the area, or in one of the 120 lakes of the Brenne).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Water sports are also available at Sidiailles (28 km from Vijon), as well as sandy <b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='color:maroon'>lakeside beaches</span></b><span style='color:maroon'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span>You may also choose <b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='color:maroon'>cycling</span></b> or <b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='color:maroon'>rambling</span></b> tours of the green and diverse valleys.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>La Châtre (23 km from Vijon) offers a fantastic public <b><span style='color:maroon'>swimming pool</span></b> complex, with indoors and outdoors pools, sauna, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:8.1pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><a href="../images/sidiailles1.jpg"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=551 height=288 id="_x0000_i1045" src="../thumbnails/sidiailles1.jpg"></span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:8.1pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><i><u><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><a href="../images/sidiailles1.jpg"><span style='color:maroon'>The Lake of Sidiailles</span></a></span></u></i></p> <p style='margin-left:8.2pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:8.2pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>In the area there are countless marvellous <b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='color:maroon'>gardens</span></b> to visit (from Romantic rose gardens, to secular parks, to marshes, to conservation gardens rich in medicinal plants), as well as <b><span style='color:maroon'>animal conservation parks</span></b> at Guéret (wolves) and in the Brenne (a Paradise for birds and deer). </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'>Golf</span></b><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'> </span><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>is available at Pouligny-Notre-Dame (13 km from Vijon). </span></p> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>The number of medieval, Renaissance and 18<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century <b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='color:maroon'>châteaux</span></b> that you can visit even very near Vijon is enormous, as is that of the <b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='color:maroon'>Romanesque</span></b> churches and Abbeys in the Berry region (whilst Bourges Cathedral is a world-recognized masterpiece of Gothic architecture).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>There are <b xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style='color:maroon'>archaeological remains</span></b> (Gaulish and Gallo-Roman), literary associations (<b><span style='color:maroon'>George Sand</span></b>, <b><span style='color:maroon'>Alain Fournier</span></b>) and artistic connections (Claude Monet and the <b><span style='color:maroon'>Impressionists</span></b>, world-famous <b><span style='color:maroon'>porcelain</span></b> and enamelware, <b><span style='color:maroon'>Aubusson tapestries</span></b>), as well as several unusual museums and exhibitions to visit, dedicated to anything from sorcery to men's shirts, from gold to walking sticks.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=587 style='width:440.4pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="42%" style='width:42.06%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p align=center style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><a href="../images/view11.jpg"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=223 height=164 id="_x0000_i1044" src="../thumbnails/view11.jpg"></span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 35.9pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><u><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'><a href="../images/view11.jpg"><span style='color:maroon'>A view of the Berry countryside</span></a></span></u></i></p> </td> <td width="57%" valign=top style='width:57.94%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p align=center style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:14.15pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;tab-stops:233.9pt'><a href="../images/view6.jpg"><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon;mso-no-proof:yes; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_14" o:spid="_x0000_i1043" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="view6.jpg" href="../images/view6.jpg" style='width:187.5pt;height:121.5pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square' o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="local_files/image010.jpg" o:title="view6"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout'><img border=0 width=250 height=162 src="local_files/image012.jpg" alt=view6.jpg v:shapes="Picture_x0020_14"></span><![endif]></span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><i><u><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><a href="../images/view6.jpg"><span style='color:maroon'>Early morning mist over the fields</span></a></span></u></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=heading2 style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify' id=section2>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td width=162 valign=top style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:1491.0pt'> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'>Check out the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";color:#0000B0'><a href="http://www.maison-rene.co.uk/weather.htm"><span style='color:maroon'>local weather</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'>. </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:#0000B0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'>Please <a href="http://www.pays-berry-st-amandois.com/tourisme/sports-loisirs/sidiailles.html"><span style='color:maroon'>click here</span></a> for more information on the Lake of Sidiailles.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>To visit the website of <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>La Châtre swimming pool <a href="http://www.cc-lachatre-stesevere.fr/cdcpiscine.htm"><span style='color:maroon'>click here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>Please <a href="http://www.loups-chabrieres.com/"><span style='color:maroon'>click here</span></a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>For more information on the Brenne Natural Park <a href="http://www.parc-naturel-brenne.fr/english/contenu_accueilGB.htm"><span style='color:maroon'>click here</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;height:239.75pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:239.75pt'> <h2 style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant: small-caps;color:maroon'>The Berry Region</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="95%" style='width:95.58%;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' id=AutoNumber6> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="42%" style='width:42.06%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:8.95pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Vijon is situated in the historic and peaceful Berry region, at the meeting point of four French &quot;départments&quot;, Indre, Cher, Creuse and Allier, and in an ideal location to explore two of the most beautiful and famous French regions, the <b><span style='color:maroon'>Loire Valley </span></b>to the North, and the <b><span style='color:maroon'>Auvergne</span></b> to the South. </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="57%" style='width:57.94%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p align=center style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><a href="../images/view4.jpg"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=284 height=163 id="_x0000_i1042" src="../thumbnails/view4.jpg"></span></a></p> <p align=center style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><i><u><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>The View from Vijon Square</span></u></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>The region is well worth a visit for its rich but simple traditional food, its many types of cow and goat <b><span style='color:maroon'>cheese</span></b>, and its delicious <b><span style='color:maroon'>wines</span></b>, several of which, like those from Sancerre, have attained world-wide recognition. </span></p> </td> <!-- Moved from below, so second data cell is within this row - KPD 2003-09-27. --> <td width=162 valign=top style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:239.75pt'> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'>For&nbsp; more information on this lovely part of France </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#0000B0'><a href="http://central-france.com/index.htm"><span style='color:maroon'>click here</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'>. </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <!-- Commented this out - same as deleting it and you may wish to delete everything between the comment start and end tags - KPD 2003-09-27. --><!-- <tr> <td class="comment" vAlign="top"> <p align="JUSTIFY">For more information on this lovely part of France click <a href="http://central-france.com/index.htm">here</a>. </p> </td> </tr> --> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3;height:131.9pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:131.9pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt' id=section3><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>The Loire Valley</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>The Loire Valley is a favourite part of France for many, renowned for its fairytale castles, its sparkling rivers and its vineyards.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Called <b><span style='color:maroon'>&quot;the garden of France&quot;</span></b>, the valley of the river Loire (the longest river in France) finds its heart in the gentle city of Tours, and boasts more than 300 châteaux of all shapes and sizes, dating from the 12<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> to the 18<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century (it is the highest concentration of palatial houses anywhere in the world, proof of the love that the French Kings and nobility always had for this beautiful region and its temperate climate). </span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:131.9pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;height:247.75pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:247.75pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt;text-align:justify' id=section16><span style='font-size:14.5pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>The Auvergne</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>The Auvergne is the <b><span style='color:maroon'>volcanic region of France</span></b>, famous for its dramatic landscapes and its mineral water springs, which have medicinal properties. It is a picturesque region, with a varied and interesting landscape, ideal for those who love cycling or rambling in its entrancing forests, or even just want to admire the bucolic scenery from the comfort of their car.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In the words of one of the guests of <i>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</i>:</span></p> <p style='margin-top:2.25pt;margin-right:18.75pt;margin-bottom:2.25pt; margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:maroon'>The drive to the Auvergne down the A71 is one of the most breathtaking we have ever done (& ).</span><span style='color:maroon'>&nbsp;</span></b> </p> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>The Auvergne offers a fascinating and unusual experience in the visit to the Volcanic Theme Parc and research establishment of <b><span style='color:maroon'>Vulcania </span></b><span style='color:#111111'>(near Clermont-Ferrand, about 160 km from Vijon), a 55-hectar development housed inside an extinct volcano (over two thirds underground) and designed by the award-winning architect Hans Hollein.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <td width=162 valign=top style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:247.75pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>To visit the website of Vulcania please </span><a href="http://www.vulcania.com/index.php?lang=en"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>click here</span></a></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;height:247.75pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:247.75pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=597 style='width:447.5pt;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:189.75pt'> <td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.8pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:189.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="../images/windowview1.jpg"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:windowtext;mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=247 id="_x0000_i1041" src="../thumbnails/windowview1.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=262 valign=top style='width:196.2pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:189.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-right:11.35pt;text-align:right'><a href="../images/flag.JPG"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=250 id="_x0000_i1040" src="../thumbnails/flag.jpg"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:202.5pt'> <td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.8pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:202.5pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="../images/courtyard.jpg"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=266 id="_x0000_i1039" src="../thumbnails/courtyard.jpg"></span></a></p> </td> <td width=262 valign=top style='width:196.2pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:202.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-right:11.35pt;text-align:right'><a href="../images/cow4.jpg"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=266 id="_x0000_i1038" src="../thumbnails/cow4.jpg"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:180.75pt'> <td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.8pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:180.75pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="../images/view13.JPG"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=272 id="_x0000_i1037" src="../thumbnails/view13.jpg"></span></a></p> </td> <td width=262 valign=top style='width:196.2pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:180.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-right:11.35pt;text-align:right'><a href="../images/garden1.jpg"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=272 id="_x0000_i1036" src="../thumbnails/garden1.jpg"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width=162 valign=top style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:247.75pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;height:282.0pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:282.0pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt' id=section15><span style='font-size:14.5pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:maroon'>SOME TOWNS AND VILLAGES WELL WORTH A VISIT:</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <h2 style='margin-left:8.1pt' id=section6><span style='font-size:14.5pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Ste. Sévère-sur-Indre</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>This village north of <i>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</i>, which houses an impressive medieval covered market (17<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century), is the location where <b><span style='color:maroon'>Jacques Tati</span></b> (1909-1982), the cinematographic genius of French comedy better known for his Mr. Hulot, directed in 1948 his first feature film, &quot;Jour de fête&quot; (&quot;The Big Day&quot; or &quot;Holiday&quot;). Tati, a Jew, was a refugee in Le Marembert (which is part of the municipality of Vijon) during the Second World War. &quot;Jour de fête&quot;, which was an international success, winning the Best Screenplay Award at the Venice Film Festival and being declared by Jean-Luc Godard to mark the birth of French Neo-realism, takes inspiration from the super-efficient US postal service and features Tati as a &quot;mad bicycling postman&quot; who decides to modernize mail delivery in his small village. According to Tati's biographer David Bellos, the film ridicules &quot;all the things Tati disliked: work, efficiency, hurry and organization&quot;. The castle of Ste. Sévère and the dilapidated tower in its grounds are also the setting for George Sand's novel Mauprat, which depicts the clash between feudalism and more modern social and ideological attitudes.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </td> <td width=162 valign=top style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:282.0pt'> <h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt' id=section6><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h2> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7;height:391.0pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:391.0pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt' id=section7><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Boussac</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=225 style='width:168.85pt;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes; height:299.5pt'> <td width=221 valign=bottom style='width:165.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:299.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:center'><a href="../images/Image33.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=334 id="_x0000_i1035" src="../thumbnails/Image33.jpg"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width=342 valign=top style='width:256.15pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>A tranquil village in the Creuse department, about 15 km south of <i>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</i>, whose history is intimately linked to that of its <b><span style='color:maroon'>château</span></b>, built in the 12<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century on the edge of a cliff, destroyed during the Hundred Years' War, and rebuilt in the 15<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century by Jean de Brosse, companion in arms of Joan of Arc.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The renowned 19<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century novelist Georges Sand resided in the castle (see her dainty bath!), and the famous 15<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century tapestry <b><span style='color:maroon'>&quot;The Lady and the Unicorn&quot;</span></b> was discovered here.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The castle also houses an interesting exhibition of walking sticks. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=right style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_0" o:spid="_x0000_i1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="The_Lady_and_the_unicorn_Desire.jpg" style='width:129pt;height:90pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="local_files/image013.jpg" o:title="The_Lady_and_the_unicorn_Desire"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=172 height=120 src="local_files/image015.jpg" alt="The_Lady_and_the_unicorn_Desire.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_0"><![endif]></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>One can also visit the restored 15<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century church on Sainte Anne and the Rural Museum (17,000 m<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">2</sup> dedicated to agriculture and agricultural implements from the Middle Ages onwards).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>There are interesting excursions to <b><span style='color:maroon'>Les Pierres Jaumâtres</span></b> (extraordinary granite formations, perhaps once the site of human sacrifice) and to Toulx-Sainte-Croix (Neolithic, Gaulish and Gallo-Roman remains; Romanesque church). </span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:391.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8;height:115.4pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:115.4pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt' id=section8><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Châteaumeillant</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>Another village to the north of <i>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</i>, where one can visit: the Romanesque church of St. Genès (12<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century); the church of Notre Dame la Petite, called &quot;Le Chapitre&quot; (11<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> -12<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> and 16<sup xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">th</sup> century); the Archaeological Museum Émile Chenon; stroll along well-defined rambling routes, and taste the local variety of white and red wine produced in the area. </span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:115.4pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9;height:90.0pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:90.0pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt' id=section9><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Vesdun</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>Vesdun (south of St. Amand-Montrond, nr. Culan) is designated by the National Geographic Institute as the &quot;geographical centre&quot; of France. </span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:90.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10;height:76.35pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:76.35pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt' id=section10><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Bruère-Allichamps</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>Bruère-Allichamps (north of St. Amand-Montrond) is popularly thought since 1865 to mark the <b><span style='color:maroon'>geographical centre of France</span></b>.</span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:76.35pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11;height:192.0pt'> <td width=597 style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:192.0pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Bourges</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>A bit further away from <i>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</i>, this is a city with a rich medieval past that will appeal to art lovers.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Bourges is built on the slopes of a hill lapped by a network of rivers and canals.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The magnificent <b><span style='color:maroon'>Gothic</span></b> cathedral of St. Étienne can be seen emerging from the Berry countryside when approaching the city. You can visit Jacques Coeur's Great House; see the relic of the Apostle St. Jacques in the church of Saint Bonnet; stroll among the gardens and canals of Les Marais, or experience the magic of a night walk among the illuminated monuments of this unique city. </span><o:p></o:p></p> </td> <td width=162 valign=top style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:192.0pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:5.25pt' id=section11><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:maroon;font-weight:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h2> <h2 style='margin-top:5.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:maroon;font-weight:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h2> <h2 style='margin-top:5.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:maroon;font-weight:normal'>To find out more about Bourges please<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.bourgestourisme.com/accueil_english.php"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon'>click here</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0;font-weight:normal'>.</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12;height:132.0pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:132.0pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt' id=section12><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Mehun-sur-Yèvre</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>This charming old town (nr. Bourges) is a centre of porcelain manufacture. You can visit the Musée Charles VII, the water Gardens of the Duc Jean-de-Berry, the Romanesque church of Notre-Dame, and the Rue Jeanne-d'Arc, flanked by old houses with their wells, among which is the building where <b><span style='color:maroon'>Joan of Arc</span></b> once stayed (n. 87). </span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:132.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13;height:126.75pt'> <td width=597 style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:126.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="../images/Sarzay.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022E\:\\\\unzipped\\\\LaVieilleForge\\\\LaVieilleForge\\\\images\\\\Sarzay\.jpg\0022 "'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:blue;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=287 height=191 id="_x0000_i1033" src="../thumbnails/Sarzay.jpg"></span></span></span><br> <i><span style='color:maroon'>The Medieval Fortress of Sarzay</span></i></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:126.75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14;height:126.75pt'> <td width=597 style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:126.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="../images/Sarzay2.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022E\:\\\\unzipped\\\\LaVieilleForge\\\\LaVieilleForge\\\\images\\\\Sarzay2\.jpg\0022 "'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:blue;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=295 height=186 id="_x0000_i1032" src="../thumbnails/Sarzay2.jpg"></span></span></span><br> <i><span style='color:maroon'>The Medieval Fortress of Sarzay </span></i></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:126.75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15;height:110.4pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:110.4pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt' id=section13><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Nohant-Vic</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>Not too far from <i>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</i>, nr. La Châtre, this village is the location of the house of Aurore Dupin baroness Dudevant, better known as <b><span style='color:maroon'>George Sand</span></b> (1804-1876), where she grew up and lived for most of her life, receiving famous guests like de Musset, Chopin (both were also her lovers) and Balzac, and where she wrote most of her books and is buried. </span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:110.4pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16;height:138.95pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:138.95pt'> <h2 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left: 8.2pt;text-align:justify' id=section14><span style='font-size:14.5pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-variant:small-caps;color:maroon'>Sarzay</span><span style='font-size: 14.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#0000B0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"'>This Medieval fortress nr. Nohant-Vic, consisting of tall round towers with tiled roofs, was built during the 100-Years' War as a protection against the English, but soon became obsolete due to the introduction of fire-arms.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Abandoned and left in ruins, it was bought twenty years ago by a private citizen who has been restoring it ever since in his spare time!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>During the 100-Years' War the English also passed through Vijon, but then moved away, and the residents of <i>&quot;La Vieille Forge&quot;</i> are among the first English people to set foot there in 500 years. </span></p> </td> <td width=162 style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:138.95pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:134.45pt'> <td width=597 valign=top style='width:447.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:134.45pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' id=AutoNumber4> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes; height:141.0pt'> <td width="45%" style='width:45.92%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:141.0pt'> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="../images/sunset4.JPG"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="view9" href="../images/sunset4.JPG" style='width:213pt;height:158.25pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square' o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="local_files/image016.jpg" o:title="view9"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout'><img border=0 width=284 height=211 src="local_files/image018.jpg" alt=view9 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"></span><![endif]></span></a></p> </td> <td width="54%" style='width:54.08%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:141.0pt'> <p align=right style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:8.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><a href="../images/cow3.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=279 height=213 id="_x0000_i1030" src="../thumbnails/cow3.jpg"></span></a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width=162 valign=bottom style='width:121.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:134.45pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:maroon'><a href="local.html"><span style='color:maroon'>Back to the top</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:maroon'><a href="arrival.html"><span style='color:maroon'>Next Page</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> <p class=copyright><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:maroon'>(c) La Vieille Forge, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><script type="text/javascript"> var sc_project=5505221; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_partition=60; var sc_click_stat=1; var sc_security="b3b0db5d"; </script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"> </script><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/wordpress.org/" title="&quot;stats for wordpress&quot; t "><noscript><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=88 height=31 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://c.statcounter.com/5505221/0/b3b0db5d/0/" alt="stats for wordpress"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </noscript><!-- End of StatCounter Code --> </body> </html>