Panorama in Cassel (French Flanders)

(Panorama from Mont Cassel, Dpt. Nord (59), France. 5x1 photos, original 10036 x 2446 pixel; no HDR. © Eric Strijbos 2012 All rights reserved.)

French writer Marguérite Yourcenar about French Flanders, the country where she grew up:

"Here, just like in Holland and Belgian Flanders... there are these vast flat landscapes and their big skies, where clouds constantly change those immense skies; humility and modesty, the solid countryside buildings, the beauty of rows of trees which line the horizon, the beauty of an atmosphere that constantly changes, like in some 17th century paintings, paintings that sensed the North's beauty miraculously well."

We're back. Thankfully, most of the time the weather was fine...

(View on Mont Cassel, Dept. Nord, France. © Eric Strijbos 2012 All rights reserved. )