Département 08 Ardennes
The town name is : Château-Porcien
Rappel des indices / Some explanations about the clues
1/ The numbers were amoung the flowers 0 8 as petals or leaves.
The forest is the Ardennes (which is also in Belgium)
2/ Wild boars are on the coat of arms of Ardennes departement.
Even if the name "porcien" sounds as pork it doesn't mean it, it comes from the aera name portus.
1/ Les numéros étaient parmis les fleurs et feuilles 0 8
La forêt des Ardennes s'étend au-delà de la frontière en Belgique.
2/ Les sangliers figurent sur le blason du département des Ardennes
Et même si le nom "porcien" sonne comme porc, cela n'a rien à voir, il s'agirait plutôt de la région "portus" problablement à cause d'un passage à bac.
I have chosen this little town because my godfather owned a land along the river (in the 70s) and I have great memories of games with my cousins, family fishing trips and picnic.
J'ai choisi de faire étape dans cette petite ville car mon parrain possédait un terrain au bord de la rivière et j'y ai d'excellents souvenirs de jeux avec mes cousins, de partie de pêche en famille et de pique niques.
Our guids were wild boars, I have chosen as my models for my drawings Astérix and Obélix stories wild boars even if it is an anachronism!
They make lovely amigurumis.
Other stitchings and diy wild boars
The special shoe horn today is ... Monaco
Petit lien inattendu avec ... Monaco
It's funny but there is a link between Ardennes and Monaco... due to the duchess Louise d'Aumont-Mazarin who married in 1777 the future prince Honoré IV so Prince Albert sometimes visited the department for some celebrations.
En 1777, Louise d’Aumont-Mazarin s'est mariée avec le futur prince Honoré IV. Le titre de prince de Château-Porcien appartient toujours, lui aussi, à la titulature historique des princes de Monaco ainsi que le duché de Rethel.
Visite de l'église St Thibault à Château-Porcien
More wild boards... Plus de sangliers
Famous writer and poet Arthur Rimbaud was living with this family in Charleville Mézières.
I already told you that I love painted walls, in Charleville there is a walk in town to watch poem and paints.
Some famous food in Ardennes : the "gâteau mollet", "la tarte au sucre" (sugar pie)
It's also the department where my paternal family was settled so I have made some researches for my family tree in Ardennes archives.
I have linked this stage with family trees...
J'ai choisi d'associer cette étape aux arbres généalogiques...
Ardennes were old mountains, now only 504 m high - la Croix Scaille
There is a famous legend name "the four Aymon's sons"
They gave the name to a place which looks like four riders on horses
La légende des 4 fils Aymon
Sculpteur Poncin
Renaud, Allard, Guichard, Richard
a medieval tale about four knights, their magical horse Bayard and their adventures. The story was known in England by the first half of the 13th century. William Caxton published a prose translation under the name "the right pleasant and goody historie of the foure sonnes of Aymon".
German versions
Ein schöne und lüstige Histori von den vier Heymonskindern appeared in Cologne in 1604. This was largely an adaptation of the then current Dutch version, based on a French original. A previous German adaptation dated 1535 was based directly on the prose romance Les quatre fils Aymon. Ludwig Tieck edited and published the story, but seems to have taken it from a different source.
Le point de Sedan - Sedan stitch in embroidery
Avant de se quitter un petit hommage à Rillette, une laie âgée d'un an et de 100 kg apprivoisée qui a défrayé la chronique l'an dernier.
Elle risquait d'être euthanasiée car sa propriétaire n'avait pas le droit de la garder chez elle. Le tribunal a fini par l'autoriser à rester.
Before leaving you, a last story about "Rillette" a tamed female boar one year old and 100 kg at risk of beeing put down because of laws about wild animals.
She finally was saved by petitions and allowed to stay with Elodie.
So, that's the finish line of my 7th Tour de France...
Our travel is ending today, you have been very smart and I have enjoyed to read your guesses for the town names and all the comments.
Thank you so much for participating and spending some times with me during this seventh edition.
Let's take a look to our "Tour de France 7"
With 11 new departments visited, now we have already reached :
70 / 101
We have crossed the path of Richard Coeur de Lion, Christine de Pizan,
Jeanne d'Arc, les Templiers, Aliénor d'Aquitaine,
visited so many castles, seen many knights, discovered the work of many clever artists or stitchers,
Mrs Knight is now back in 21th century and already thinking about a futur trip around the roads of France. See you soon...
Ainsi s'achève la septième édition de mon Tour de France. Avec onze nouveaux départements visités, nous avons atteint le total de 70.
Nous avons croisé le chemin de Richard Coeur de Lion, Christine de Pizan, Jeanne d'Arc, les Templiers, Aliénor d'Aquitaine
visité de nombreux châteaux, vu tant de chevaliers et découvert beaucoup d'artistes et brodeurs de talent.
Mme Chevallier est de retour au XXIème siècle et déjà entrain de réfléchir à un futur voyage sur les routes de France. A bientôt...
