Celebrating Europe # 20 Cathedral Sainte-Croix Orleans France
* The final shot of this little series .This is a view down the imposing Rue Jeanne d’ Arc towards the Cathedral Sainte-Croix in the heart of Orleans in central France.
I have tried to give a taste of Europe in this series including shots from France, Norway, England, Spain, Italy, Macedonia,Iceland,Portugal and Croatia. I am sorry I could not include other countries but I have yet to travel to them . What I hoped to show was the variety diversity and rich history of Europe . The assertion that Europe has been turned by the EU into a monolithic super state is a lie told by people who hate the notion of countries working together .
I leave the final words to the fine British Novelist Ian McEwen who wrote a good piece in the Guardian at the beginning of February the day after we left the EU
“ Take a road trip from Greece to Sweden, from Portugal to Hungary. Leave your passport behind. What a rich, teeming bundle of civilisations – in food, manners, architecture, language, and each nation state profoundly and proudly different from its neighbours. No evidence of being under the boot-heel of Brussels. Nothing here of continental USA’s dreary commercial sameness. Summon everything you’ve learned of the ruinous, desperate state of Europe in 1945, then contemplate a stupendous economic, political and cultural achievement: peace, open borders, relative prosperity, and the encouragement of individual rights, tolerance and freedom of expression. Until Friday this was where our grown-up children went at will to live and work.”
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED
Celebrating Europe # 20 Cathedral Sainte-Croix Orleans France
* The final shot of this little series .This is a view down the imposing Rue Jeanne d’ Arc towards the Cathedral Sainte-Croix in the heart of Orleans in central France.
I have tried to give a taste of Europe in this series including shots from France, Norway, England, Spain, Italy, Macedonia,Iceland,Portugal and Croatia. I am sorry I could not include other countries but I have yet to travel to them . What I hoped to show was the variety diversity and rich history of Europe . The assertion that Europe has been turned by the EU into a monolithic super state is a lie told by people who hate the notion of countries working together .
I leave the final words to the fine British Novelist Ian McEwen who wrote a good piece in the Guardian at the beginning of February the day after we left the EU
“ Take a road trip from Greece to Sweden, from Portugal to Hungary. Leave your passport behind. What a rich, teeming bundle of civilisations – in food, manners, architecture, language, and each nation state profoundly and proudly different from its neighbours. No evidence of being under the boot-heel of Brussels. Nothing here of continental USA’s dreary commercial sameness. Summon everything you’ve learned of the ruinous, desperate state of Europe in 1945, then contemplate a stupendous economic, political and cultural achievement: peace, open borders, relative prosperity, and the encouragement of individual rights, tolerance and freedom of expression. Until Friday this was where our grown-up children went at will to live and work.”
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED