Europe, with an Arctic cruise, a Balkan tour and bits of France and Malta

[FlyingFiona]

Those meringues are called "merveilleux." I LOVE meringue but without some kind of fruit to cut through things, I find merveilleux to be too sweet.

 

[RooFlyer]

Moving on the church Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built in the 16th century. We went inside and sat down, which was welcome given the continuing heat outside.

On 29 March 1918, a German shell, fired by the long-range "Paris Gun", fell on the church, killing 91 people and wounding 68 others; the explosion collapsed the roof when a Good Friday service was in progress. This was the worst single incident involving a loss of civilian lives during the German bombardment of Paris in 1918.

A remnant of this can still be on some of the columns.





The apse is the oldest part, early 16th century

 

[FlyingFiona]

If you have time on another visit to return to St G-St P try and go when the religious community are praying Evening Prayer. They (the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem) are the only order I know of to chant the Divine Office in four part harmonies so it's really lovely to listen to as you sit silently, or walk around quietly.

 

[RooFlyer]

If you have time on another visit to return to St G-St P try and go when the religious community are praying Evening Prayer. They (the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem) are the only order I know of to chant the Divine Office in four part harmonies so it's really lovely to listen to as you sit silently, or walk around quietly.

Our guide mentioned that. I'm being brief, trying to wind up the TR