tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post4248980062512165754..comments2023-11-30T19:37:17.366+10:30Comments on ADELAIDE DAILY PHOTO: L'église presbytérienne de Saint André à Strathalbyn.M.Benauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644501811292368771noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-6277114561997221382008-05-17T15:43:00.000+09:302008-05-17T15:43:00.000+09:30Ah, those famously tight-fisted Scots. I can hear ...Ah, those famously tight-fisted Scots. I can hear them even now.<BR/>"The church needs a tower."<BR/>"Scrivens, mon! We cannae afford that!"<BR/>I hear the creaking open of sporrans and the reluctant extraction of pennies and lo: a tower was built, but only half the size it should be.<BR/><BR/>Had you not told me, Monsieur, I would have guessed our dour northern neighbours were behind the construction.<BR/>Hee hee.divehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12938980502783421961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-65453686452956734872008-05-17T15:41:00.000+09:302008-05-17T15:41:00.000+09:30On dit que Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour, mai...On dit que Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour, mais les Eglises non plus. C'est vrai c'est étrange ces deux clochers complètement différents, dont un a une architecteure très British.claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356955828590617751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-17554561913543878512008-05-17T10:47:00.000+09:302008-05-17T10:47:00.000+09:30Jules, praise the Lord.A Press-Button in paradise ...Jules, praise the Lord.<BR/>A Press-Button in paradise !M.Benauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644501811292368771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-76851116309483477632008-05-17T10:46:00.000+09:302008-05-17T10:46:00.000+09:30I'm pretty sure I get the hang of it, Nathalie.The...I'm pretty sure I get the hang of it, Nathalie.<BR/>The deprivation you are suffering in Avignon is causing pangs of home sickness for the place you left behind; the culture of the Wide, Brown Land.<BR/>Be assured, Australia misses you equally.<BR/><BR/>Vous ne devez pas lire les mots, mais imaginez simplement les plaisirs de la vie. Espérons que les rêves deviendront tout vrais. Je vous demanderai de ceci en septembre.<BR/>Soyez assuré, l'Australie, est également manquant vous.M.Benauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644501811292368771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-68455439289927906992008-05-17T07:30:00.000+09:302008-05-17T07:30:00.000+09:30Beautiful old church M B - they sure knew how to b...Beautiful old church M B - they sure knew how to build them in those days.<BR/><BR/>I was actually baptized in, and went to church every Sunday (well my Mother and Grandmother TOOK me), at the St Andrew's Pres-button Church - in Roma!!! All those years of sitting in church has certainly paid off I think!!!!Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896713537525930258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-91571093054505204012008-05-17T02:47:00.000+09:302008-05-17T02:47:00.000+09:30Why is it that when I read the words glory of god ...Why is it that when I read the words glory of god and erected I thought of something else than what it really meant...? <BR/>Je dois avoir 'l'esprit mal tourné' (you can ask your French teacher what that means)<BR/><BR/>It must be because of the young men I am posting a photo of in Avignon today... unfortunately they weren't wearing shorts, which spoilt my day (am I getting fetichist?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-75255174699077594572008-05-17T02:17:00.000+09:302008-05-17T02:17:00.000+09:30What a lovely building.What a lovely building.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049511202014141182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-65420450512706038452008-05-17T00:15:00.000+09:302008-05-17T00:15:00.000+09:30Je suis sûr que je ne connais pas, pourquoi il y a...Je suis sûr que je ne connais pas, pourquoi il y a deux clochers. On doit demander aux historiens. Peut-être les personnes de la ville étaient très riches. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure I don't know, why there are two bell towers, Marie. I had better ask the historians. Perhaps the people of the town were very wealthy.<BR/><BR/>Maintenant, je peux visiter à Pont du Gard ! !M.Benauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644501811292368771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-30250222434758312832008-05-17T00:06:00.000+09:302008-05-17T00:06:00.000+09:30Elle est très belle. J'adore les églises. Elle a d...Elle est très belle. J'adore les églises. Elle a deux clochers ? C'est étrange.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317498718218889741noreply@blogger.com