Because I went on holiday for three weeks, I am now catching up on a lot of homework for a part time university course I do. Hence my post-holiday blog quietness. I would like to take a break from work and show you a few of my photos. These aren’t chosen for any reason other than I can think of interesting captions to go with them.
There are waterfalls at Singapore Changi Airport.
Look at me, I have a big camera. Actually, on average I believe that Damo took better photos with his little camera than my big one. Which goes to show, it’s not the size that counts, it’s how you use it.
The streets of Cambridge.
There are many canal boats in the Oxford Canal. People live on canals and travel to the various English towns that are connected by these waterways and rivers. Perhaps this is what is considered ‘assisted parallel parking’.
The Basilique du Sacré Coeur at Montmartre, Paris. Our hostel was right in front of it. There were a lot of tourists. I hate tourists — especially those that take photos in places that are signed ‘Do not take photos’.
The Arc de Triomphe should be a place of quiet reflection. I mean, one of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier mounuments is there, right? However, the five lanes of Parisian traffic roaring around it does little to promote an atmosphere of thoughtful contemplation.
The Burghers of Calais are a famous statue composition found at musée Rodin. Burghers, get it?
We ate seven crêpes in one day. Look, I’m eating so fast I’ve blurred out. Yes, Daniel, that’s cider we’re drinking.
The glass pyramid in musée du Louvre, now notorious for being the location of the Holy Grail, as described by that tome of authority and integrity, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (now a Major Motion Picture Starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou).
There were some balls in a palace behind the Louvre.
Sigh. Isn’t it romantic?
Tour Eiffel. Surprisingly, an affordable and interesting attraction. There are over 100 interpretive signs to read as you climb the Tower. I love interpretive signs.
Joan hangs out at Tour Eiffel.
Damjan commits what would be a federal offence in Australia: he tampers with Royal Mail.
People who know Damo will not be surprised to learn that we baked our own bread (really, the only option after returning from France, the land of heavenly bread, to England, the land of fish and chips).
People who know Joan will be surprised to learn that I made noodle soup — and it was good too, except that the noodles absorbed all the soup and it eventually became soup-infused noodles.
Great photos. Did you take a photography course?
I’ve never been to Europe, but want to go some time within the next decade.
Hey, Joan, do some of the photos look overexposed and washed out to you? It could be my monitor — that’s the thing with digital photos, isn’t it — you can’t really control how they look on other people’s screens.
Hi Vera. If anything, the photos are underexposed… The Burghers of Calais may be a bit too bright but the others seem a tad dark to me, both on my work monitor and home monitor. Which ones are overexposed?
Winza, I’m glad you like my photos. Of course, I picked nice ones. I’m usually unsatisfied with about 65% of the photos I take and many get deleted. I haven’t done any photo courses but I read a lot of books. That’s the way I always am — happy to do it theoretically, don’t get enough practical experience 🙂