Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Troyes, Aube region (Champagne area)

An overnight stop at the lovely hotel des Comtes de Champagne in the historic town of Troyes en route to Switzerland gave us the opportunity to  enjoy a meal at a pavement cafe and take in the atmosphere.

Near the hotel situated in Rue de la Monnaie, is  Ruelle des Chats, so narrow that the cats could leap from one side of the street to the other!




 A stamp shop in Ave. General de Gaulle was open for business at 9 am!  www.dupontphilatelie.com. I found  a selection of interesting old envelopes, which may someday find themselves recreated into a collage or otherwise may end up in my own collection.  The town of Troyes itself features on one stamp and also on a postmark on a separate envelope!


And even more unexpected was an open door leading into a taxidermist's shop:





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