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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Amiens, France (by David.Keochkerian )
Colmar, France was used as inspiration by Hayao Miyazaki for Howl’s Moving Castle. Yeah I think I’m just going to move and live there for the rest of my life.
magic town
dude i’d drop everything if i had the chance to live in the alsace lorraine
And he wasn’t the only one: Three other politicians who are outspokenly opposed to marriage equality voted for the “Marriage for All” bill. Guaino was mocked by his colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and subsequently changed his vote. However, it didn’t matter; the bill passed by over 100 votes and now heads François Hollande, the country’s Socialist president, who campaigned on the issue of gay marriage and will sign the bill. source
We flagged this when it happened without knowing the exact ‘why.’ (There were a lot of Freud jokes on twitter.) Now that we do — well, it’s still pretty funny.
HUGE day for love. After months of hard work and protest, marriage equality has passed in France — 331 to 225.
My first thought: Ancient aliens.
Deteriorating defensive fortifications in England, Scotland and France
My first thought is that I had no idea so many defensive fortifications were built during WW2 in Scotland, but then, no, perhaps I do vaguely recall hearing of this. Phenomenal photographs.
Péone, France via papy06200
Lods, Franche-Comte, France (by myvalleylil1)
Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France (by Rigor Mortisque)
Le Château de Pierrefonds - Real Fairytale Castle
(Source: merthurlin)
Mont Saint-Michel (by Lucien Vatynan)
