My eyes popped when I saw they were demolishing the vases. Will they replace the red ones with white stone, or is it final once they’re removed?
Fraussie
August 28th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Be reassured! They are replacing the red ones with white stone. It will look exactly the same as before, only all the same colour. They are actually demolishing the whole balcony so I understand. Relationnel rang me at lunchtime and said the pneumatic drilling was horrendous and that I’d made the right move!
That’s funny that the bit about demolishing the vases caught Carina’s attention. She had exactly that same thought as me. I was ready to put on my shoes and rush over to your place to save them…although I guess that I would have been too late!
Seeing the photo from the bloggers’ breakfast that you so kindly hosted brought back good memories. We’ll have to get together when you’re back from Australia. In the meantime, enjoy the peace and quiet in Blois!
Will you continue blogging and tweeting while you’re on vacation?
Fraussie
August 29th, 2012 at 10:16 am
The Palais Royal is a listed monument so they have to put everything back the way it was before. That’s why they’re taking down the red vases and replacing them with white stone. And they’ll be chip, chip, chipping away once they get the blanks up there, so I understand.
My blogging and tweeting will depend a lot on my internet connections and how much time I spend with family and friends. I haven’t been back for 3 years and am organising a big family reunion during the second half of the trip. But we’ll be having 12 days in Tasmania where I’ve never been before so I hope I’ll have a lot of photos to share!
And yes, we’ll definitely have to have a breakfast when I get back and the work is finished – probably at the beginning of November!
Butcherbird
September 5th, 2012 at 11:57 pm
Such a shame…the vases & balustrades look lovely & in keeping with the Palais Royal & gardens!
[…] in the train again, going back to Paris and my shuttered-up apartment. But on Fridays, the workmen go home early so I won’t have to put up with the pneumatic drill for […]
Such a shame that they’re blocking off that lovely view! Will they be replacing the vases along with the balustrades?
Some of the vases are currently white stone and some are reddish. They’re removing the reddish ones of which we have one out of three.
My eyes popped when I saw they were demolishing the vases. Will they replace the red ones with white stone, or is it final once they’re removed?
Be reassured! They are replacing the red ones with white stone. It will look exactly the same as before, only all the same colour. They are actually demolishing the whole balcony so I understand. Relationnel rang me at lunchtime and said the pneumatic drilling was horrendous and that I’d made the right move!
That’s funny that the bit about demolishing the vases caught Carina’s attention. She had exactly that same thought as me. I was ready to put on my shoes and rush over to your place to save them…although I guess that I would have been too late!
Seeing the photo from the bloggers’ breakfast that you so kindly hosted brought back good memories. We’ll have to get together when you’re back from Australia. In the meantime, enjoy the peace and quiet in Blois!
Will you continue blogging and tweeting while you’re on vacation?
The Palais Royal is a listed monument so they have to put everything back the way it was before. That’s why they’re taking down the red vases and replacing them with white stone. And they’ll be chip, chip, chipping away once they get the blanks up there, so I understand.
My blogging and tweeting will depend a lot on my internet connections and how much time I spend with family and friends. I haven’t been back for 3 years and am organising a big family reunion during the second half of the trip. But we’ll be having 12 days in Tasmania where I’ve never been before so I hope I’ll have a lot of photos to share!
And yes, we’ll definitely have to have a breakfast when I get back and the work is finished – probably at the beginning of November!
Such a shame…the vases & balustrades look lovely & in keeping with the Palais Royal & gardens!
[…] in the train again, going back to Paris and my shuttered-up apartment. But on Fridays, the workmen go home early so I won’t have to put up with the pneumatic drill for […]