Yesterday I wrote that no cars go down Rue Longue. I was wrong! Here you see 'Le Petit Train' which takes visitors around the town.So yes, cars - and Le Petit Train - can go down Rue Longue but it's obvious they can't park for long as they'd block the street.
Thanks to Karen, USA who left a comment that Le Petit Train used to come down this street even before the renovation. See her comment below. Thanks Karen!
nice photos... do u travel a lot?
ReplyDeleteles petits trains de touristes, cela me rapelle une partie de mon adolescence dans le Lot, on avait un petit train touristique "le tournemire" (malheureusement, maintenant il est abandonné dans une vieille grange)
ReplyDeleteA train at your door. I am not a big fan of tourist trains, but they usually offer beautiful photographic occasions. I really love rue Longue...
ReplyDeleteWonder what happens when the street is crowded with pedestrians? When I was in Rome narrow streets full of people would make the traffic stop.
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ReplyDeleteAs you see they squeeze to the sides to allow the train through. I took this photo yesterday - Easter Monday - and there were a lot of people walking about. If there were too many, then the train would stop, as in Rome.
That is such a cute train! Looks quite difficult for the pedestrians though ;)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to walk on these streets... soon! :-)
ReplyDeleteIt is a cute little train and would probably be fun to ride on. The streets are so narrow though, its amazing they allow the train to run.
ReplyDeleteJilly, I love that top photograph. It makes me think "Mister Rogers Goes to Europe" ( :
ReplyDeleteRue Longue looks very smart now after the renovations; I remember your shots a while back. "Le Petit Train" looks like a good way to see the town.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what happens on trash day. If people put out garbage cans for pick up, it would certainly block the pedestrians when the trains come by.
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ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure residents have to carry their trash to the nearest bins which would be each end of the street and also up some of the little side streets (I did see some there).
I have to drive my trash half a kilometre to bins!
Nice photos. I guess it is what people want to see. Trains in the street.
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What a charming street. If I could live here, I"d happily tote the trash a ways.
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Est une belle idée Ce petit
ReplyDeletetrain ...
:-)
...et des images sont très beaux
avec des tons pastel ...
Merci!
The little train went down the Rue Longue - right under our window - when we lived on this ancient street in 2003. There was also car traffic allowed - one way - from the top of the hill down. It was the only street in the old village that could accommodate cars, at least small ones. Of course, pedestrians had to jump out of the way into doorways when a car came down the street. It was one of the joys of living in an 600 yr. old village.
ReplyDeleteKaren, thanks for that information. I didn't know the train went down there before the renovation. I'll change the copy in the main posting. Many thanks. I live here and should know better! But I confess I've never been on Le Petit Train.
ReplyDeleteIt is sweet:) And lovely streets! Great photos!
ReplyDeleteI am usually not a big fan of those little train that you see in every city almost...
ReplyDeleteBut I must say this is the first time I see a photograph with one, that is pretty nice.
Bravo Jilly.
This is a blast from Cheltenhams past! We used to have trains like this that linked Cheltenham's car parks! It drove around town, with traffic queued up behind it! We had three of them and they became known as the Noddy trains. They lasted about 18 months before the Council scrapped them. One of the deciding factors was an elderly lady got trapped in the wheel as she got off, her leg broke and she later died :(
ReplyDeleteI rememeber the ones in Nice an Montpellier. This yellow is the colour I recall so well, such an evocative image of Provence. Now does that lady not remind you of the fair Virginia?
ReplyDeleteThis is a train for tourists. My husband is found of train, really, and we went once by the train des Pignes (Digne > Draguignan).
ReplyDeleteNous n'avons pas parcouru toute la ligne, mais seulement quelques stations, avec nos enfants dont le plus jeune était un bébé. It was funny. So beautiful landscapes to look at....