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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sunset to Sunrise

Promenade.

For this weeks CFFC I decided to share with you pictures taken through the week I have spent in Nice in February 2015. I was not able to get rid of one of the places in Nice and I was coming back there every evening to make a picture. More or less they look the same but as the sky was changing, the pictures vary.

I hope you will enjoy it as I did :-).

Promenade.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination

I was planning to show you some posts from light show in Blois, Renaissance castle on Loire river in France, when Weekly Photo Challenge topic: Illumination came and therefore I decided to join these topics.

Castle Blois – Château de Blois – is a Royal Castle and it is located in the Loire Valley, a tourist destination when coming to France. Castle itself was a residence of several French Kings, it is also the place connected with Joan of Arc. She came to the castle to be blessed here by the Archbishop of Reims, Blois is not far from Orléans. The Castle is located in the city center on the hill and it’s opened for tourists. Look at the castle’s most renowned feature, the spiral staircase.

Stariway during the day and different enlightening at the evening

Spiral staircase during the day and with different enlightening at the evening

After dark you can attend special light show at the courtyard. During the 45 minute-long show, the voices of Robert Hossein, Pierre Arditi, Fabrice Luchini recount the tales of love, drama, and mystery that occurred at the château according to a script written by the historian Alain Decaux. The show is unique in Europe. The original musical score is by Eric Demarsan and the stage production by André Blanc. (from Castle homepage)

Let’s start with an ordinary illumination, only one color, but I like it.

Waiting for the show to begin

When the show starts, you can enjoy colorful play of lights on the castle’s wall, music and history. It starts with curtain that you can see bellow (top left).