Boulogne-sur-Mer
December 13, 2006Niftiest discovery from my online travels: old postcards of Boulogne!
Other things I learned that I did not know before virtually visiting:
- Boulogne is France’s biggest fishing port
- The Boulogne Cathedral of Notre Dame has the second biggest dome in Europe (after Rome’s St Peter’s)
- In about 633, when St. Omer was a bishop, legend has it that a mysterious boat carrying a luminous statue of the Virgin Mary appeared in the estuary of the river Liane at Boulogne - without oars, sails, or sailors! Townsfolk carried the statue to their church on the hill, and soon miracles were attributed to it. Later embellishments of the story had the boat pulled by a swan - which became the emblem of the town.
Froglet - Did you know that you can customize the header for your blog
if you get bored with all the rest of the things on your plate! Search the TrekkingLemuria site on yahoo and Lori has posted how to do it.
Of course the selfish ME wants YOU to do this because I love your art!
This is definitely something I plan to do someday! Could be a while though….