On The Road

Everyone knows about Versaille. The halls and grounds there are filled with tourists every summer, and school children during the school year. But not that many people visit the other, and older, royal chateau of France - Fontainbleau.

I spent a spring day walking, almost in solitude, the halls of this once home to Napolean and before him the Renaissance King, Francois I.

You can read a little about the history of the chateau (just enough to get you interested) here.

You will also find there a link to many of my photographs I took that day.

I just got an email from our Artist Directory member Caroline Wampole who is sitting in a room full of bloggers at Paris cable station France24. Everyone there is blogging about the election results as they happen. Except for Caroline who is just wondering what the heck she is doing there!

It will come as no surprise that American friendly Sarkozy has won the election, beating Socialist Segolene Royal by a medium large margin.

I’m not sure how I feel about this election, as French politics are complicated even for those who understand them. What we think of as conservative, they think of as liberal. What we think of as downright communist is only a little bit of socialism to them.

But when I think of my friends in France and how they become angry on a normal day at what they consider to be the demise of the French way of life, I can only picture them now, watching aghast at the election results.

The Americanization of France … that’s what some are calling the election of Sarkozy as President of France.

Read Caroline’s blog posts.

France24

New York Times profile on Sarkozy.

Caroline Wampole, member of our Artist Directory, will be having another exhibition at BAR FLEUR’S, 3, rue de Tournelles, 75004 Paris from May 2nd til June 2nd. The opening is May 3rd at 19h30, which is 7:30 pm for those of us running on American time. If you are in Paris in May, check out her little exhibition.

Caroline will be showing some of her latest work in a group exhibition in Paris called Life/Still Life: Portraits et Natures Mortes showing from March 27 through April 6.

Espace 7 Parnassiens
16 rue Delambre
Paris 14eme (Montparnasse)
27 mars jusqu’a 6 avril inclus

The vernissage (opening) is Wednesday, March 28 from 18h - 21h (6pm til 10pm)

contact gallerie: Katy Sroussi 06 81 17 16 44