Category: Photos du Jour (Photo of the Day)
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Photo du Jour: The Garden of Love at France’s Château de Villandry
Weaving hearts, fans, and swords into its boxwood parterres, the Château de Villandry’s Jardin d’Amour is a poetic study of love in France’s castle-filled Loire Valley.
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Photo du Jour: Cat on a Cool Slate Roof in Amboise, France
Meet our curious ginger-cat neighbor in Amboise, France! Shawn and I spotted him exploring rooftops overlooking Saint Hubert Chapel, where Leonardo da Vinci is buried.
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Photo du Jour: A “Stunt Squirrel” Takes on a Croatian Forest
On Croatia’s Sveti Petar Peninsula, a fearless Eurasian red squirrel pauses in the treetops of Makarska for a playful Photo du Jour.
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Photo du Jour: Georges the French Bulldog – Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux
Georges, a regal French Bulldog, stands guard at a wine shop in the village of Saint-Émilion, France, in the heart of Bourdeaux wine country. We recently met Georges, who spends his days sunbathing and greeting wine tasters at his master’s shop. A firetruck-red likeness of Georges sits in the entry way, but laid-back Georges garners most of…
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Photo du Jour: Role Reversal – Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia
Known as the “reversed clock” because of its swapped hour and minute hands, the clock tower of the Petrovaradin Fortress overlooks the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The fortress sits on the right bank of the Danube River. The clock was designed in such a fashion so that fishermen could more easily tell time when viewing…
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Photo du Jour: Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese on the Move – Modena, Italy
A Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese-maker transports approximately 230 kilos (500 pounds) of the prized cheese at the Hombre Farm outside of Modena, Italy. An organic wheel of this magnificent cheese sells for approximately 700 Euros ($975 USD), and is typically aged for 24 months. Hombre is able to produce about twelve of these wheels a day. We…
