a day in rainy épinal - la cité d l'image.

épinal is the capital city of the vosges departement. it is famous for its image museum where you can find the épinal prints - colourful images that have their origins in the 19th century. we didn't visit the museum on this day, though. we just wanted to take a look at the city - so exploring was on our day agenda. since it was rainy all day long we tried to stay dry by looking at churches ( successful ) and castle ruins ( not successful ). it was still an impressive exploration. i especially liked climbing up on the castle hill, the view up there was spectacular. there was also a little amusement park on there with a small animal zoo. we wandered around for quite some time, getting really wet until we decided to call it a day and drove back home for relaxing and napping.

waking up in the morning.

inside basilique st. maurice.

illuminati symbols. i always try to find them, no matter where i am. i'm really interested in the illuminati agenda - historically & at the present time.

madonna statue.

ecce homo - 16th century.

the belfry tower portal.

roaming around in the old chapter district.

medieval wall structures. the tower & colourful building on the right is the historical & archeological museum of épinal.

i loved this patio. it seemed like the perfect setting for impressionistic paintings such as those of monet or renoir.

la moselle.

funny face greeting us up on the castle hill.

and what would be a day wandering around without spotting a beautiful cat?

ruins & wine.

view onto épinal.

it was really windy, but the sky was absolutely fantastic with its dramatic colours.

a much better view on épinal.

a little palais on the castle grounds. i think it was a former school for children.

castle gardens.

withering away. unfortunately i couldn't make out the writings above 'des ecoles maternelles' - but i think it's all we need to know about this beautiful house.

when we returned in le val-d'ajol in the afternoon the clouds were really low. beautiful sight!

rain drops on white callas.

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