A visit to Beuil, France, Part II

Walking amongst the houses, there are many passageways, some with large, brightly lit arches across them, and others narrow and somewhat dimly lit during daylight.
Even many of the doors are interesting. Our friends told us that the ground floor of a home was often used in the past to house the family's livestock; for example, cows, horses, chickens, goats -- the old-time equivalent of our garage for the car these days. Other doors, by contrast, are very artistically made with beautiful stonework to frame them.

In the close proximity of the walkway the houses appear to reach high.There are some very ancient lines of family history in the village. With great fondness for their roots to this amazing place, the older families vie with each other, playfully quoting records to show that they have been there the longest. It's reminiscent of the flavor of Tolkein's books in which the Hobbits know their ancestry inside out, spelling out each generation and taking great pride in their origins.

In some places the mountain rock juts right out of the house walls.

And the construction of some of the walls is fascinating and beautiful to look at.

The variety of colors and shapes of the rock and materials used to construct the houses combine to form a unique mosaic effect.




These houses near the edge of the village have a clear view of the valley.The walkway leads to the limits of the front end of town, and turning left onto a road, leads the way round the side and back of the village to an open hillside. From there you can see this beautiful view. On clear days, before general pollution levels reached what they are today, Mont Blanc could also be seen in this view.
With or without Mont Blanc, however, this is a wonderful place to visit!