To salute our southern border neighbors on their "jour de gloire", I chose what to me is a representative picture.
The Parisian "pétanqueurs" are taking a break from their daily afternoon sport near "Invalides". They are discussing the last game as one man is pointing in the direction of the balls while they other still has the obligatory cloth in his hand.
Nice remembering with a traditional sport in France and compliments tot your Blog, so various!
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Best wishes,
Henk.
:-)
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Pierre
Anni, grazie per la tua visita e come vedi mi sono messo tra i tuoi lettori. Io non conosco bene l'inglese, al contrario di mia moglie). Sono italiano e vivo in Francia; Parlo francese ed un po' di tedesco. Visto il tuo commento credo che tu conosca l'italiano e quindi se sei d'accordo continuerò in questa mia lingua natale. Buona giornata.
ReplyDeleteI really like this picture!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Henk. So glad you like the blog.
ReplyDeleteune belle fête, Pierre
Grazie Elio per la tua visita e benvenuto fra mi lettori. Capisco l'italiano e la tua lingua mi piace tantissime, l'ho imparata tanti anni fa, non parlo più e non scrivo bene. La lettura dei blog e un occasione splendida di fare da nuova conoscenza colla lingua .
Thank you Carlos.
What a great way to spend 14 juillet: sitting in the park on a bench, discussing petanque...great picture! Jason
ReplyDeletea great slice of life shot. well done!
ReplyDeleteThe pétanquers are my absolute favorite guys in Paris. I wish I had the time to sit and just watch and listen and photograph. I did for a while at Luxembourg and got some wonderful shots. One group took me under their wing and explained it all, as best they could, and posed for me!
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