- one of the old standup toilets which used to be so common in Europe but now are hard to find. This one in a public WC in Clermont actually had toilet paper!
- There are beautiful war memorials in every town in France, but some stand out like the one in Bayeaux we mentioned in the Hegira last November. The one below in a beautiful park in Beziers, showing Victory surrounded by her Artisans: soldiers, casualties and families, seemed a bit over the top compared to the usual French memorials to "Les Enfants Mort" (Our Dead Children).
- also, carved in sandstone, the figures are wearing away after only a century!
This last item will be of interest to Catholics... We've seen these offerings boxes in at least three French churches this trip. We are wondering just exactly what the poor souls in purgatory are doing with these offerings?
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