City Daily Photo theme day - "zest"

The first of every month is theme day for the bloggers under the umbrella of City Daily Photo and today's theme is "zest".  Click here to see how the other bloggers interpreted today's theme.  For me, this it, driving a Citroën 2CV, or "deux chevaux".

Retro folies

As part of the quatorze juillet celebration (see yesterday's post) there was a "retro folies" event on Saturday where there was a look back to earlier days (that would be, ahem, the days of my youth, the 60's).  Pictured are samples of it which include a collection of items commonly found at service stations, an auto rally of many old and perfectly restored vehicles, and a cool collection of popular music (vinyl record players, vintage radios, and posters).  I think a good time was had by all...and not just by us old-timers who remember when these things were new.

Virée en Touraine - auto rally in the area around Tours

As it often happens when living in a tourist town, I stumble into little unexpected events.  Today, it was a local automobile club passing through Amboise on a weekend tour around the area (called Touraine because of its biggest city, Tours).   I've seen lots of this type of event before but what separates this one is that these cars were built in the 1920s and 1930s.  Not knowing anything about these matters I was able to determine (with the help of the internet  of course) that these two brands, Rally and Amilcar, were manufactured in France until the global depression and World War II (respectively) put them out of business.  I felt a bit sorry that the weather was not cooperating today...as there was heavy overcast, cool to cold temperatures, an occasional misty rain, and an unpleasant wind.  As you can see these open cars cry out for warm sunny days.  Anyway, the dozen or so participants looked to be having a great time in spite of the weather.  I hope they get better weather next year.