My Friend Lynn, and the Carrier Luminaires

My friend Lynn and I have been friends for over 35 years!  We met at work at the company that is now, CIGNA.  We have seen each other thru marriages, divorces, and children!  And, as in long term friendships we know and love each others children and friends.....Still friends, after all these years!  We are family!  Lynn lives in the Hartford area, and she and I have always made an effort to keep up with each other, even though I moved to Phila., California, and at the Cape.  We have done many things together, and made several trips together including Bermuda.  And, Lynn has traveled all over the world on her own, and with other friends!  So when I told her that we were going to be in France for a year, ...well, she's not the sort of girl to miss a good time, and fun, anywhere in the world, so her response was, I'll be there!

She arrived here in France, the day that Bruce flew home to the States for Todd's graduation.  We had a week to get out and have fun, and we DID!  We put over a thousand kilometers on the car!  We went to many places across the south of France, that tourists often don't see (like our ancient path) and many places they do!  The day after she arrived, we went to the big Marche in Uzes.  We visited the lavender fields north of Aix, Ile sur la Sorgue - the town known for antiques, Chateauneuf-du-Pape for wine tasting, St. Remy for the Marche, Montpellier, and the (quarry) Carriere du Luminere.

In that the quarry was Lynn's favorite, I would like to share it with all of you!  The carrier du Luminere is an old quarry, that now the backdrop for a fabulous multi-media art display.The theme is the (artist) Giants of the Renaissance"  including DaVinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.  To try to explain it to you is almost futile, in that it is so different!  The quarry is dug into the large side of a mountain.  It is about 3 stories high, inside, with large, 25 x 25 foot square, supporting blocks of bauxite.  The show displays paintings and murals from the Renaissance on the walls, floors and ceiling with many cameras, and have set the display to fabulous classical music.  The quarry goes back, into the mountain, and out to the sides, taking up at least 6 football fields, inside.

Here is a link to a video that Lynn's took.  Be sure to turn up your sound.  Click on this link, and the subsequent link that shows up.  Enjoy!

Carriers du Limineres 2015