Filed under Battles and Warfare, Europe, France, Photography, Travel by Deborah Harmes
65 years may have passed in Normandy in northern France, but the physical signs — whether bullet scarred buildings or actual road signs — still exist to remind the world that this was one of the most ferocious battlegrounds of World War II.
Bullet pocked roadsign for Caen, Normandy leftover from the World War II battles in France
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15/11/2011 at 12:13 PM Comments (2)
Filed under Bicycles, Europe, France, Humourous, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized by Deborah Harmes
Whilst driving north from the Pyrenees to Normandy over a several day period, we stopped one afternoon at an Intermarche grocery store to pick up picnic supplies for one of our cheerful and healthy lunches and I saw these signs on the covered parking area for bicycles and motorscooters. I didn’t know what the words meant at the time, but when I took a few minutes and did a Google translate of them a few days later, I discovered that Les Mousquetaires meant The Musketeers.
Les Mousquetaires logo on the cycle parking at Intermarche grocery stores in France
Les Mousquetaires logo on the cycle parking at Intermarche grocery stores in France
But why??? What did parking spaces have to do with the legendary musketeers of old? And was there some kind of association with Alexandre Dumas, the author of The Three Musketeers???
Image by Maurice Leloir, 1894
A bit of research answered that question — and don’t we just love the internet for speedy answers! The Intermarche grocery chain is one of several companies owned by a retail marketing conglomerate called Les Mousquetaires.
Ah well — marketing — plain and simple — using the romantic imagery of heroic figures as the name of a retail umbrella corporation.
C’est la vie!
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07/06/2011 at 2:31 PM Comments (0)
Filed under Europe, Great Britain, Humourous, Odd Bits of Musing, Photography, Scotland, Travel by Deborah Harmes
Today’s post is another photo break — and we examine the words on signage that aim to catch your attention. Both of these signs were seen on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Enjoy!
Do Angels With Bagpipes Create Sottish Foodie Heaven?
And in the sign below, it’s nice to imagine that some cranky old miser can’t always dictate his spin on the news — or pick and choose what he wants ‘the masses’ to know or think or believe.
Can it be that there is still some freedom in today's media?
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