Concarneau

Taken from the "Ville Close": a view worthy of a postcard.

Alignements de Carnac

Au néolithique, entre 4500 et 2000 ans avant J-C, des alignements mégalithiques sont érigés. Les alignements sont partagés en plusieurs groupes distincts. Dans la photo, on voit bien qu’ils s’étendent sur plus d’un kilomètre, avec les restes de cercles de pierres à chaque extrémité.

Carnac

Carnac

Standing before the rows of megalithic monuments at Carnac, a relic of pre-Christian Britanny where dolmens and menhirs abound. They are the enigmatic counterparts of their more famous cousins at Stonehenge, England.

Breton Fisherman

Fishing is a traditional livelihood for many Bretons. While its importance has diminished since the end of the war, many Bretons still take to the sea like ducks to water.

View from my Bedsitter

When the fog-woven curtains close, And the hoofs on the beaten mud..
Lorsque les rideaux tissés de brume se ferment, et que les sabots dans la boue battue…

Etoile filante et puis, c'est fini.

Flying the national colours despite a bitter defeat

Heartache

Chabal sinks to his knees in dispair as Wilkinson coldly dispatches the French once again.

England v France

Watching the rugby with bated breath at the Champs de Mars. France leading by a razor-thin margin of 7-6 at that juncture.

L'Avenue du Champs Elysee la Nuit

C'est beau, Paris la nuit. En fait, on dit que c'est la plus belle avenue du monde.

La Grève

A showdown with the Government. The CGT is a trade union with Communist leanings and autumn protests are a part of the political landscape every autumn.

Ecole Polytechnique

Or informally known as La X - one of the best engineering schools in the world

Champs de Mars

French and English supporters duking it out a few hours before the kickoff

A Scrum or Un Mêlée

English and French supporters on the verge of a scrammage at the Champs de Mars

Outside the Louvre

Wee Poh and myself

Cafe au Lait

A very Parisian thing to do

Drinking coffee

Coffee that cost 10 euros which Wee Poh graciously paid for!

Going Home

And so after a long and fruitful day in Amsterdam, it's time to head back to Rotterdam.

De Wallen

A canal that cuts across the heart of the neighbourhood and me in between

De Wallen

De Wallen - it is evident without me saying what exactly is the main industry here.

The Grasshopper

This is a coffee shop, not a koffie huis; one consumes drugs in the former, but coffee in the latter.

Rotterdam Lake

On Sunday morning before I return back to France

Dinner at Amsterdam

In an Argentinian restaurant: Mag in a sombrero.

Trams

Standing fearlessly in the path of a tram to take a brilliant photo

Winkelstraat

Winkelstraat or shopping street