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- The street Jim lived on as taken in 1952. The man walking is in front of his house.
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- The street Jim lived on as taken in 2014. Jim is standing in front of his old house.
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- Jim’s old house. The vines all over Châteauroux were turning red. 2014
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- The blank shed wall next to Jim’s old house which the communist party used to whitewash with “Yanqui go home.” 2014
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- Jim and his brothers standing in the front door of their French house. Jim’s in the middle.
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- The front door and windows to Jim’s old house, in 2014.
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- A picture taken by Jim’s mom in 1952 of a Roma camp in front of a bridge.
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- The same bridge across the Indre River that Jim’s mom captured in a photo. Château Raoul in the background, from which Châteauroux gets its name. 2014
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- A vine-covered house in Châteauroux.
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- Couvent des Cordeliers, an old large church on the edge of Belle Isle park.
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- Parc Belle Isle has multiple lakes and a meandering river. We saw ducks, geese, and swans.
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- Ducks at Belle Isle park.
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- A medieval “lavoir” or public area people could come to do their laundry.
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- Saint-Martin gate into Château Raoul.
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- Châteauroux is full of charming old streets.
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- Memorial to those who died in the French Revolution.
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- Église Saint-André with more modern buildings on either side of the street.
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- Fountain in a traffic circle near Jim’s old house.
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- A modern square in the rebuilt part of Châteauroux.
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- The train station at Châteauroux.
Corresponding post:
Plan B Tour 