Members of DOTA celebrating Bastille Day in 2019

The Sound and Light Show at Sainte-Croix Cathedral in Orléans during the Joan of Arc Festival.

Our current header photo is Dundee's Tay Rail Bridge. This is the second Rail Bridge over the Tay and was opened in 1887. This first bridge succumbed to a violent storm in 1879 tragically taking up to 75 souls. Search Tay Rail Bridge Disaster for further reading and memorials.

After our AGM, Steve, owner of The Cheesery did a fantastic talk about some Scottish and French Cheeses. Members that wanted to, took part in a Cheese Tasting Battle - it ended in a draw (Scotland 4/France 4)! Find what The Cheesery offers at thecheesery.co.uk

We held another successful French Conversation evening over Zoom with people joining from Blairgowrie, Aberdeen, Bretagne and Dundee. Our next French Conversation night will be on 3rd August. Please look at our website for contact details or tweet. "Au Revoir pour le moment.”

Our header picture shows HMS Unicorn which is a floating visitor attraction in Dundee's Victoria Dock. At almost 200 years old, she is in the Top 10 Oldest Ships in the world. Find out more at frigateunicorn.org

There is a super circular cycle path around Dundee or you can pick up the cycle network and head further along the coast. Our Committee Member, Alastair, is on the banks of River Tay at Carnoustie. It was very sunny, but you can see by the waves that it was a bit windy that day.

Our new header photo shows Dundee's Grassy Beach. This lies between the Stannergate and Broughty Ferry. It is a beautiful walk/cycle. You can often see sailing boats from Dundee Sailing Club and Royal Tay Yacht Club. dundeecity.gov.uk/service-area/n…

We held a Bring Your Memories Night at the Craigie Bowling Club. This gave our members the opportunity to share memories of school exchanges, official visits, holidays and family connections. We did this over French Wine and Cheese, both as local to Orléans as we could find.

We were so lucky that Di Anderson (Garnet Wilson's granddaughter) was with us for our Memories Night. Garnet Wilson was Dundee's Lord Provost from 1940-46. He was invited to go to Orléans in 1946 when Orléans became Dundee's Twin City.

Di Anderson (second left) chatting with DOTA members during our Memories Night.

Our header photo shows Tentsmuir Forest from Broughty Ferry Beach. Broughty Ferry is well worth a visit with its beach, castle, park, lovely new waterfront walkway as well as many cafes, bars, independent shops and an amazing ice-creamer. Find out more at visitscotland.com/info/towns-vil…

The second of four Civic Receptions for the Dundee Twin City Associations reaching their 30th Anniversary took place on the evening of Thursday 14th September in the City Chambers.

L’occasion de rencontrer les membres actifs de l’association et d’évoquer les nombreux projets en cours et à venir !#dundeeorleanstwinning

A few pictures of the stall we were manning at the Festival de Loire on the 21st of September 2023. We had a good selection of Scottish and Dundonian goodies to hand out to visitors! #festivaldeloire #orléans #dundee #twinning

UPCOMING EVENT ALERT! We are organising a wine tasting (with a twist!) on Thursday 1st of February, 7pm in Dundee. £8 for members and £10 for non-members. DM us for more information (precise location). Numbers are limited! #Dundeeevents #winetasting #DundeeOrleans #dota2

Come with us to... a wine tasting with a twist! 🍷 Yesterday we tried 6 different French wines to see if we could identify the flavour profile, region they came from... or even price per bottle! All that accompanied by some nice French cheese from The Cheesery 🧀 #DOTA

A big thank you to Dundee Orléans Twinning Association (DOTA) for their generous donation which helped us purchase hoodies for our upcoming trip to Orléans. Our S3 pupils can't wait, only 37 days to go! 🇫🇷 #schooltrip #France #Orléans #learnFrench #Dundeelearning #Grovefamily

Throwback to our trip to Orléans and Paris last month. Pupils have been creating posters for the competition organised by Dundee Orléans Twinning Association (DOTA) about “my best memory of Orléans” 🇫🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

On 13th June, the Lord Provost attended a meeting of the Dundee Orléans Twinning Association (DOTA) in the Twinning Room on the Civic Floor having been invited by the Association.