Sapin Time

We got our most beautiful Christmas tree (called Sapin, here in France) in a gorgeous medieval town about an hour and half away from Paris, called Provins. This tree is like a Noble Fir, but a deep green. The 'gentil' man who sold it to us (in the photo here with us), said it comes from the Alsace region of France. The French are smart. They use a log as the base for the tree. So, when you buy, you can buy tree plus a base, which is a slice of a larger tree with the bark still on -- its quite attractive.

Here you can see the still standing ramparts in Provins.

Below one of the squares in Provins, where we stumbled into a Marche Noelle (Christmas Market), where we got our tree, and almost bought a load of gorgeous pottery.