So part of Le Mans is called the "old town." A lot of the houses are from about the 14th century. The storm drain in the middle was kinda cute. I'm not sure what the rack thing was for though.
Below is my mama on one of the many cool streets.
And me! Ha, not that interesting, I know. But I took lots of pictures today of all the old town. You could spend forever just wandering around looking at all the old houses. Most of the
house are from about the 14thcentury or so.
The old town is mainly residential now. A lot of the houses have funny little trap doors so I had to take a picture of one :)
The street are pretty narrow, for sure. You can drive on them though, and lots of the house have little tiny garages, or gated driveways. They also have some funny secret passageways!
Like this one! Isn't it cute?!
Up until about 25 years ago, old town was pretty run down and such, but then the French government decided it wanted to revive it all, so they started encouraging homeowners to restore their homes. Now its all pretty!
The house below is the smallest one in Le Vieux Mans, and it is supported by an old stone wall on the right side. The teddy in the window likes to watch people go by.
Just some old steps from the top down, and the bottom up.
Le Vieux Mans is also surrounded by an old Roman wall, a lot of which is still standing. Yay!
The old Roman wall again, and one of the doorways into the city it surrounded. Four of the doorways still stand.
And ME! Love you all!
Thanks for reading my boring blog!
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