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In August 1986, I had a particularly enjoyable walking/language course at St. Bonnet le Froid in the Massif Central.

Another language course was at St. Maur, near Paris in May 1999. At the end of a week of perfect sunshine, a tornado struck the city causing widespread damage and three deaths. I was returning to the city centre in the metro from a visit to Eurodisney and was held up there, so I was unaware of what was happening until I regained street level to discover leaves, floodwater, branches and even whole trees (in the Bois de Boulogne) scattered around!

 

 

    

  August 1986.   Holiday accommodation at St. Bonnet le Froid in the Massif Central.
    
  May 1992.   St. Malo, during a not very successful CTC cycling holiday to Britanny.
 
  May 1999.  Eiffel Tower, taken during a french course at St. Maur, near Paris.
 
  May 1999. Place de l'Opera.
  May 1999.   Beaubourg, or the Centre Pompidou.
 
  May 1999.  The Louvre Museum, with its pyramid.

 

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