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Honfleur
Honfleur is especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has ...
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La Cambe German War Cemetery
La Cambe is a military war grave cemetery, located close to Bayeux, France. Presently containing in excess of 21,000 German military personnel of World War II. La Cambe was originally the site of a battlefield cemetery, established by the United States Army Graves Registration Service during the war, where American and German soldiers, sailors and ...
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Mine à Charbon
Le Musée de la Mine du Molay-Littry, Normandie, France. L’histoire de la mine de Littry débute au XVIIIe Siècle, après la découverte en 1741 d’un affleurement de charbon à l’emplacement du bourg de la Mine. En 1747, naquit la Compagnie des Mines de Littry. A son apogée vers 1840, la mine comptait près de 950 ...
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Bayeux Cathedral
Prime example of Roman and Gothic Architecture, right in the middle of my hometown in Normandy : The Notre-Dame Cathedral of Bayeux. It was consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William (Guillaume), Duke of Normandy and King of England himself. It was here that William forced Harold Godwinson to take the oath, ...
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Operating a Crossbow
Too bad this was only for kids ! Shot (pun intended) at the Bayeux Medieval Festival.
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Medieval Parade
The Parade from the Bayeux Medieval Festival : knights, troubadours, magicians, witches and people from the middle ages. Almost a hundred shots with my beloved 50mm :) Enjoy !
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Cochon de Bayeux
Le porc de Bayeux, cochon de Bayeux, bayeusain ou porc de Longué est une des sept dernières races porcines françaises dont l’origine remonte à la fin du xixe siècle. Issue de croisements entre cochons normands et berkshire, la race se développe honorablement au début du XXe siècle, avant que les effectifs ne soient décimés lors ...
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Herbs and Spices
Bringing to your plate or cup, the flavours of far away kingdoms and long forgotten times.
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Sweets
Yom yom, all natural, all delicious ! PS : yes, I’m back to posting pictures from my last summer in France, I need to clear my backlog before travelling there again in July…
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Idyllic Spot
Somewhere in Karuizawa. The lake was surrounded by huge houses. Must go back for Autumn…
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Finnish Cottage
Our “Finnish Cottage” for a weekend in Karuizawa. I’m not exactly sure what part of the cottage was Finnish, apart from the outdoor sauna which had a Finnish sticker on it. Unfortunately, it was so windy and it was raining so much that we did not have a chance to use it.
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Croissant Sign
Almost anything can look good at f/1.2 :)
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Citroën Méhari 4×4
A disappearing sight in French countryside : the Citroën Méhari. The Méhari had a body made of ABS plastic with a soft-top and employed the 602 cc flat twin gasoline engine shared with the 2CV6, producing such a distinct melody. This one is a rare 4×4 Mehari (only 1,300 were produced). When it was launched, ...
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The White Watch
Another lovely bokeh – well, at least to my eyes.
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Kagura Ski Trails
Love the place : cannot easily be accessed, and that naturally significantly reduces traffic on the trails. Naeba can sometimes get a bit crowded, so Kagura is a nice place to get away and enjoy the relative tranquillity. Also, since it is higher, the snow is even perhaps even better !
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Snowboard Fashion
Colourful outfits on the slopes of Kagura and Naeba !
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Naeba Ski Trails
Lot of snow, numerous ski trails and only two hours away from Tokyo !
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Yukiguni
On the west side of the Japanese Alps, it always snows a lot during winter. This area is poetically referred to as Yukiguni (雪国) or Snow Country. Those shots were taken in Echigo Yuzawa, a few hundred meters away from the railway stations where the Shinkansen brought us !
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National Orchard Garden
The Garden is located on the highest hill in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Providing a place for 60,000 orchid plants – consisting of 400 species and more than 2,000 hybrids – is the three hectares of carefully landscaped slopes. The design concept presenting the display of plants in four separate color zones: the “spring” zone ...
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Haji Lane
Haji lane is in the Kampong Glam neighbourhood of Singapore, in the heart of the Muslim quarter and offers small fashionable shops and arab cuisine. Beware though : finding a taxi might be very difficult in the evening. Took us almost one hour to find one who would accept taking us back to our hotel. ...
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Marina Bay
Nice view, poor service, oddly mixed crowd (tourists, traders & hookers)… Definitely worth ONE visit ;-)