Scotiana

 
 
 
Hi everybody !
We’ve taken this photo at a crossroads on arriving at Aubigny-sur-Nère. Isn’t the bagpipe looking like some big greedy insect ready to plunge into the flowers to gather its lot of pollen!
 
We’ve already introduced ‘Aubigny-sur-Nère‘ on Scotiana. Together with a vast area around the town, including Concressault and Oizon, it remained Scottish for [...]

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If you love Scotland, you will certainly also love this part of France, in Berry, where, a long long time ago the Scots came to our rescue to save our country before settling there… many inhabitants can claim Scottish roots in the area and they seem to be very happy about that…

After visiting Aubigny-sur Nère, [...]

In the heart of France, on the borders of romantic Sologne and Berry, the flowered little town of Aubigny-sur-Nère, with its old church and picturesque half-timbered houses, boasts a rich Scottish heritage on the ‘Route Jacques Coeur’.
So don’t be surprised if, on entering the town, as mentioned in my first post about Aubigny, you’re welcomed [...]

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A Scottish piper welcomes the visitor at the entry of the town…
Pieces of tartan stretched like sails within bamboo frames flap in the wind … hunting and royal Stuart tartans…

On a charming little square, a yellow-harled house, which would not look out of place in Culross, proudly stands across the street, while a Stuart tartan [...]