Last week I realised that I had ‘gone native’ when I found myself admiring one of our local roundabouts. Either that or I need to get out more…
But joking aside, the French do some amazing things with roundabouts. I’ve seen all kinds of installations, art-work and landscaping over the years so I thought it might be fun for everyone to upload a photo of a roundabout that has caught their eye. We might even offer a prize for the most bizarre…!
So without more ado - here’s our entry, from Peyrehorade in Les Landes!
Great photo!
I love it! It's just up the road from us in (of course!) Kiwi Country. I also like the one at the entrance to Salies de Béarn, with a wild boar statue.
And heres the Happy faces:-
And heres Serre Chevallier
Wewill have to go and take a photo of a roundabout with huge wine glasses and real grapes near the co-operative at Vinzelles, just outside Macon.
That’ll take some beating.
Here’s the giants chair
It’s an hours drive!!! I’m sure we can find an excuse to go down there, or I may have to entice another member to help out.
Photo please Stu!
Cool. There are grape vines on the roundabout at the entrance to Cahors.
WOW ! thats brilliant :0 Wait till my kids see this one !
So far our favourites are the giants chair (somewhere near Poitiers I think) and the one with a cable car and racing bikes in Serre Chevalier.
I love it - and I agree there are some great roundabouts in France. Here is a sad story about one of our local junctionshttp://web.me.com/tournesol_bp/The_French_Village_Diaries/Blog/Entries/2010/11/29_An_act_of_mindless_vandalism.html