There is always something in life to be happy about....
June last week was one of the best weeks of my life. I was in France for a training session, though it turned out to be a great short trip for all of us :) It was a first onsite experience for some of us, so with a bit excitement we did all the R&D required.
The place we lived was Orleans, a small, beautiful city located on the Loire river. Situated about 130 kms from Paris, Orleans is a great place with a rich history. You can find very well structured roads, trams connecting all the city quite finely and grand cathedrals. Along with Paris and Roune, Orleans was among the three richest cities in middle age. After the heavy bomb crash on the city during world war 2nd by American air force, this was the first to rebuild with a great and strategic reconstruction and city improvement plan.
We reached Orleans on Saturday noon, so we had all the weekend to explore the city. The day in Orleans starts at around 5 Am and sun sets almost after 10 Pm, providing the longest day span. It was really surprising to us when we saw all the streets empty during the saturday-sunday as if there was a curfew. The beautiful houses seemed as if no one has lived over there for past few months. We were the only people roaming around there. Later on our french teammate told us that people from the city are quite family oriented and enjoy spending time at home with their families rather than roaming around. The only place where we could see some people were the malls at city center. But as the city was really striking and we being a cool group (:P) , enjoyed it the most!
From Monday, it was a time for Orleans jazz festival.
They have this festival at the start of summer. It was the best treat for us to enjoy good jazz music, see people dancing and celebrating on the road. The quiet and peaceful city suddenly turned into a great celebration with people enjoying there most and having the best days of their life. Apart from jazz, we listened all types of music and danced on various french and english tunes. (and yes it was really great having our italy and china team as well during our typical Mumbaiya dance :) )
Sharing some of the snaps of city that we tried to explore in our 5 days span over there :)
June last week was one of the best weeks of my life. I was in France for a training session, though it turned out to be a great short trip for all of us :) It was a first onsite experience for some of us, so with a bit excitement we did all the R&D required.
The place we lived was Orleans, a small, beautiful city located on the Loire river. Situated about 130 kms from Paris, Orleans is a great place with a rich history. You can find very well structured roads, trams connecting all the city quite finely and grand cathedrals. Along with Paris and Roune, Orleans was among the three richest cities in middle age. After the heavy bomb crash on the city during world war 2nd by American air force, this was the first to rebuild with a great and strategic reconstruction and city improvement plan.We reached Orleans on Saturday noon, so we had all the weekend to explore the city. The day in Orleans starts at around 5 Am and sun sets almost after 10 Pm, providing the longest day span. It was really surprising to us when we saw all the streets empty during the saturday-sunday as if there was a curfew. The beautiful houses seemed as if no one has lived over there for past few months. We were the only people roaming around there. Later on our french teammate told us that people from the city are quite family oriented and enjoy spending time at home with their families rather than roaming around. The only place where we could see some people were the malls at city center. But as the city was really striking and we being a cool group (:P) , enjoyed it the most!
From Monday, it was a time for Orleans jazz festival.
They have this festival at the start of summer. It was the best treat for us to enjoy good jazz music, see people dancing and celebrating on the road. The quiet and peaceful city suddenly turned into a great celebration with people enjoying there most and having the best days of their life. Apart from jazz, we listened all types of music and danced on various french and english tunes. (and yes it was really great having our italy and china team as well during our typical Mumbaiya dance :) )Sharing some of the snaps of city that we tried to explore in our 5 days span over there :)
nice pics
ReplyDeletepravas varnan chhan aahe...
ReplyDeleteHmm.. Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteWhere is the food? French food try keles ka? Especially fine pastries. :) Hope you are enjoying.
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:) yes Seema, we tried pastries, pastas and a variety of butter and cheese over there. and yes no need to say, it added a few extra pounds :P
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