Hi Arlene and everyone, Let's imagine you were on a trip and you ended up in Nice, France, and you have an extra day before you leave. Is there anything lace related in that city?
Le Puy is a beautiful place, with a fine exhibition hall, next year (June to December) the theme is 'The finest circus costumes' - http://www.ladentelledupuy.com/index.php?page=diaporama not to mention Lacemakers in the street one week-end in June, and the 'couvige' or lace day the first week-end in October. Having said that, Le Puy may not seem very far from Nice, but by train you're thinking in terms of seven hours, with at least two changes... At a mere 120 Km from Nice, across the border in Italy, Cognes keeps alive the tradition of Alpine lace: http://www.dentellieres.com/Musee/Cogne/cogne2.htm (site in French, but the photos speak for themselves) Cognes and Nice are twin-towns, but I don't know if there's a train... If you need more local information when - if - plans crystallize, get in touch! On entirely different subjects - a big thank-you to Jean Leader for the Advent calendar - and the link to the new Pat Read book; and also to another Jean, Jean Eke for her beautiful rabbit animation, which I have shared with my French lacemaking friends. Sue in Montélimar, France, where we've had several sunny days WITHOUT WIND! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
