Moulin Rouge is quite an achievement in terms of light - we had booked
a flat last december 500 yards from there and I tried again and again
but never got what you are showing us here - kudos!
All good, but this one is special to me.
Amitiés
Phil the frog
Le 15 juin 13 à 19:32, Chris Barker a écrit :
> We spent the first week of June in France, on a short break. The
> weather was a little iffy initially, but it settled down to just
> right. We drove to Portsmouth, on the south coast and stayed a
> night in an indifferent B and B. We then took the day ferry from
> Portsmouth to Caen (Ouistreham is the port) before driving to the
> Villa Aliénor in Les Andelys
>
> I've put only a few of my shots on Zone-10:
>
> The Moulin Rouge on Boulevard Clichy; we stayed on Rue Blanche, not
> far from this place. I couldn't reccomend it, but my lovely X100S
> captured it pretty well, I thought:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5867
>
> We enjoyed an evening visit to the Île de la Cité; the cathedral was
> closed, but people-watching was a decent substitute. This is a
> quick snap, but not too bad for all that:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5880
>
> Here's the lovely Notre Dame and Seine in panorama:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5871
>
> And, slightly later, looking the other way, the sunset on the Seine:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5874
>
> On our last day we visited the St Germain area, just strolling
> around, and came upon this rather lovely church:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5877
>
> After leaving Paris, we spent another night in Les Andelys before
> heading back to Ouistreham to catch the early ferry back to
> Portsmouth. This gave us the opportunity to wander the windy beach
> where we found a memorial that I had not seen before:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5886
>
> France is, of course, a beautiful country; and Paris had its share
> of beauty. I had not seen the Louvre before, nor the Tuilleries.
> There was beauty all over the place:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5883
>
> It had been 32 years since Julia and I had a few days of our
> honeymoon in Paris, staying at the Cercle des Armées on Place St
> Augustin and it was really good to be back, enjoying the place.
>
> Chris
>
>
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