Last Thursday after my classes, a friend took me to see a 'mythical' village near Besançon - a tiny village about 25 KM from the city called Ornans. It's the birth place of the celebrated great modernist painter of France Gustave Courbet. To get there, we took the village routes passing by the edge of the Jura mountains and farmlands.
The village is cut into 2 parts by the river Loue but gives it the advantages of water features. However, I was informed that despite the extreme clarity of the river, it is polluted and not safe for water activities. Too bad. The Musée Courbet was recently being renovated and will open its door soon to visitors. As we arrived late in the afternoon and was in a rush to go home, we took a short walk around the village and off we went...touch'n'go...
door of the oldest maison in Ornans
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