After finally getting out of Paris, albeit by bus not river boat, the monkeys arrive in the ancient city of Rouen. Here we were to board another ship, the sister ship to the AMA DANTE, which had been our house … Continue reading Rouen Cathedral
This week’s photo challenge is object where we are asked to focus on a single object for our subject and to make it clear what our focus was. Kongo’s choice for this challenge is the clock at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris taken at night from a boat cruising the Seine. Using a fast setting I was able to suppress any reflections from the building and just focus on the clock itself, which is illuminated from inside. See more objects at the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Object
After a full week in Paris, Kongo made it safely home. After a long, long night’s sleep his little monkey head is clearing and he is no longer saying “bonjour” to everyone he meets but he already misses Paris. He misses eating dinner at midnight, sleeping until 10, grabbing a flaky pastry and white coffee at a little cafe across the street, bottle(s) of wine with dinner, eating a la carte, and riding the Metro. While the weather could have been better (it rained every day) and the temperature warmer (but that gave the monkey an excuse to wear a scarf) Paris was absolutely wonderful and several misconceptions were busted during his short visit there. Let me tell you about it. Continue reading “Paris Reflections”
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