I got to visit Orléans for a week in order to do some testing on high frequency magnetic sensors using special magnetic testing facilities at CNRS/LPC2E. Thanks to jetlag, I was up before dawn and ready to photograph a beautiful town waking up to the rain.

Self-Portraits in Orléans

Street Photos in Orléans

A walk along the Loriet River

(on the path of the watermills, or chemin des moulins)

…and a very seducktive duck ;)

See some Chateaux in part 2!