It feels as grey as it looks today. The last week of January 2020. I am at the end of a journey that has taken me on…… Read more “STOMACH PROBLEMS IN PARIS NOIR.”
Tag: France
BACK TO PROVENCE FOR SOME REST
I must admit that for the first time I had let poor reviews cloud my judgement and fill me with dread regarding our upcoming flight to Lyon.…… Read more “BACK TO PROVENCE FOR SOME REST”
EXPERIMENTING WITH A TELEPHOTO ZOOM.
Like many other landscape and travel photographers I have long relied upon my wide angle zoom lenses for the majority, if not all my efforts to produce…… Read more “EXPERIMENTING WITH A TELEPHOTO ZOOM.”
FRANCE WINS!
I’m not upset nor am I excited. The 2018 World Cup is in the books and France won 4-2 in impressive fashion. The streets of every city, town…… Read more “FRANCE WINS!”
THE WORLD’S LONGEST POSTCARD.
Before I crack on with today’s nonsense I hope that every reader understands that this word jumble is my therapy. I am not a writer. I wish…… Read more “THE WORLD’S LONGEST POSTCARD.”
38 DEGREES IN THE SHADE.
An average July Sunday in Provence is slightly warmer than I can stand. I seem to spend more time looking for respite from the nuclear sun than…… Read more “38 DEGREES IN THE SHADE.”
WE HAVE ALL SEEN THINGS.
Most mornings I wake to ponder the day ahead and think to myself nothing will happen that I have not seen at some point before. Most often that…… Read more “WE HAVE ALL SEEN THINGS.”
THE PLANNING CONTINUES FOR TRIP #2 OF 2018.
Trip #2 kicked off for real at McRae’s Roadhouse, as it usually does when Dale and I hatch an evil plan. Evil may be taking a little…… Read more “THE PLANNING CONTINUES FOR TRIP #2 OF 2018.”
DUNKIRK for just 20 minutes
I had a chance to drive west quickly the night before last to see as much of Dunkirk as I could. I set the GPS for the…… Read more “DUNKIRK for just 20 minutes”
VIMY RIDGE
Todays post will be mostly photographs taken by me on my visit to Vimy. I thought the Belgians did memorials well. But the Canadian government and the…… Read more “VIMY RIDGE”
JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
Here I sit by gate H3 at Fiumancino Airport waiting for flight BA 551. I am just minutes away from boarding the first leg of my return…… Read more “JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT LONGER.”
GOB SMACKED!
I am really embarrassed to keep droning on that this place or that was amazing or beautiful . I assume to readers (and believe it or…… Read more “GOB SMACKED!”