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Wednesday 30 September 2009

Photographer



In Paris, the photographer could be the model!

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Tuesday 29 September 2009

Kortrijk



I think one has to be born there to pronounce Kortrijk in Dutch, Flemish or French!

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Monday 28 September 2009

Desire



Being Desirous in Paris.

Holiday snaps from early this month in France now on Flickr! Click here if you want to see, don't click if you don't!!


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Sunday 27 September 2009

Juggler


Sometimes I just can't help myself, and I could have taken a photo of the glass pyramid that is the entrance to the Louvre, if only I'd looked the other way!

Paris

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Saturday 26 September 2009

Window Shopping in Paris



Shelley contemplates how Jules would look in Blue.

Paris, August.

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Friday 25 September 2009

We went to Paris...



And walked under the Eiffel Tower.

Paris

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Thursday 24 September 2009

Tourists




You can tell they aren't locals, and you don't even have to know where the photo was taken! That's not really a barge, is it?

Moret sur Loing.
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Wednesday 23 September 2009

Tourism Office



Office de Tourism - Wambrechies

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Tuesday 22 September 2009

Smoko



On the steps of the Opera,

Lille

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Monday 21 September 2009

Smart



What came first, the matching car or the matching outfits?


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Sunday 20 September 2009

Flowers in Paris



For some reason, red flowers are big in Paris this year. I suspect they are big every year, but it's the red ones I've been noticing most.

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Saturday 19 September 2009

Rain



Our first rainy day happened in mid August, but I'm sure there'll be many more before we're home!

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Friday 18 September 2009

Renault



Thus far on our journey, older cars have been a rare sight. This Renault R4 proudly declares itself to be from the sixties.

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Thursday 17 September 2009

Quality



Dear Mum,

We are eating plenty of fresh fruit.

And in case you missed it, we finally got around to uploading some pics of last month in Scotland to Flickr! Click here if you want to see, don't click if you don't!!


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Wednesday 16 September 2009

Six Reflections



Reflections of Lille viewed through the triple airlock and security grille of its Opera House.

Yesterday, we finally got around to uploading some pics of last month in Scotland to Flickr! Click here if you want to see, don't click if you don't!!


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Tuesday 15 September 2009

Gare de Lille Europe



For some time we couldn't tell in the mushy light whether the building over the Eurostar line was actually made of a reflective material or tiled. It's tiled.

I think.

Lille

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Monday 14 September 2009

Factory



Puttering up the river on the outskirts of Lille reminded us of a few other rivers we'd travelled along, with industry and commerce taking a logical place on the main transport artery. Of course it makes for a different sort of postcard.

Lille

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Sunday 13 September 2009

Downtown Lille



It's pretty easy to find pretty bits in Lille.

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Saturday 12 September 2009

Goose



They are never far away, looking for a feed usually, or providing us with a ring side seat to a ring ding battle, but so far we haven't been warned off by them.

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Friday 11 September 2009

Apologies to Geoffrey Smart



It's not as though I consciously try to copy Smart's work, it's just that occasionally the things I like to photograph closely resemble the things he likes to paint.

Seagull, somewhere in Belgium.

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Thursday 10 September 2009

Art



A three storey high flower pot cunningly photographed to look like a small one.

Art at the Centre Pompidou,
Paris.


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Wednesday 9 September 2009

Winking Dog



The French are serious about their dogs, and their rear parcel tray decoration.


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Tuesday 8 September 2009

Bicycle



Bicycle for a small person.

Paris


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Monday 7 September 2009

Apartments in Lille



I really like this photo! The apartments almost straddle the Lille Europe railway line and are part of a huge complex including shops and offices. I can't make up my mind whether the coloured decoration was applied as part of the original design, or whether the building was so stark it was added as an afterthought although I suspect the former.

One or two panels are peeling now, it may not be quite so pretty in a year or two.

Lille.

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Sunday 6 September 2009

Waterwheel



One of the mills at Moret sur Loing.

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Saturday 5 September 2009

Swan



Just another swan gliding by to say gidday.

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Friday 4 September 2009

Silver Car



Many of the commercial barges carry their own vehicles, and mostly they seem to be quite new and devoid of any signs of being frequently lifted by crane.

At each stop, the operators must decide whether to take the car or dinghy ashore.

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Thursday 3 September 2009

Industry


There is not a great deal of industry lining the canals on which we have travelled to date, but even when it exists, there's something visually fantastic if not appealing.

Moret sur Loing

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Wednesday 2 September 2009

Unused


A couple of boats wait forlornely for some action.

Moret sur Loing

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Tuesday 1 September 2009

Another Blue Car


Two days in a row, two different models, this one just as carelessly parked in front of newly mown hay.

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