In this gallery you'll find photos of bande dessinée (comic strip) art and artists in Angoulême, Unesco-listed belfries in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, dinosaur excavations at Angeac Charente, cheese affineurs, Art Deco, Romanesque, Norman, Gothic and modern architecture in Bayeux, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Caen, Calais, Carcassonne, Dinan, Laon, Le Havre, Metz, Mulhouse and other cities, hiking on the Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle (Way of St James or Camino de Santiago) and cycling on the Véloscenic and Vélomaritime, landscape frm the Massife du Vercors and winter sports in Jura, Les Fêtes de Gayant (Gayant Festival) in Douai, the Marais Audomarois of Saint-Omer, Granville Carnival, Royal de Luxe performing Franciscopolis, WW1 sites in Picardy and the D-Day landing beaches and other WW2 sites in Normandy, and Yaouank (Brittany's largest festival of Fest Noz traditional dance, in Rennes). It's a country I've had a love affair with for the best part of forty years, and never get tired of visiting.