Quelques vues de Paris, lors de mon
passage éclair dans la capitale pour affaires. Le temps maussade m'a vraiment
fait regretter de ne pas être à Tokyo pendant cette période, mais j'ai aussi eu
ma dose de hanami, avec ces sakuras
parisiens, même si ce n'est franchement la même chose... Voici d'autres photos
prises dans le quartier de La Défense,
à l'Opéra de
Paris et à Montmartre.
Je n'ai franchement pas eu l'occasion d'en prendre beaucoup plus, à cause de mon emploi du temps chargé et du temps peu clément. J'ai en revanche une bonne collection de photos de collègues du bureau, prises lors de nos soirées arosées, que je posterai sous peu.
Like each year, I went back to France for a quick
trip of 2 weeks, unsually short for a home leave, but I must say that Eiko and
I really optimized our time and managed to make the best of our holidays to
visit friends, relatives, etc., especially for the ones who couldn't come to
our wedding ceremony last April.
We obviously stayed for a few days in Bordeaux with my family, then quickly went to Marsac, close to Perigueux to visit Rudy, Caroline and of course the lovely Lucille.
Rudy also took us around in Perigueux for a highly optimized 40-minutes tour, as my brother and his wife had to catch a train.
The following day was spent in the beautiful city
of Sarlat, a Unesco world heritage, a bit too crowded to my taste this year
though.
The town, while once wealthy, has been denied any more fundings during
MiddleAge and was therefore unable to carry on any architectural work.
Although renovated since then (as the town has become a Unesco World
heritage), Sarlat is still made of stone and has kept intact the charm of the
old French towns.
Lacanau, famous for its surf world championship, was our next destination,
as we were invited by my uncle to spend the day there in his apartment.
It was a bit cloudy on that day, but the overcast only increased the dramatic
effect of the Atlantic ocean and did not impact the pleasure of a nice walk on
the beach.
Back to Paris, we took the opportunity to
celebrate our first wedding anniversary (September 4th for those who had
forgotten!) in a nice restaurant in town.
We did want to go to a relais &
châteaux restaurant, but most of them were either closed on Saturday
so we ended up booking a table at the Hotel de Vigny, which was not really
listed as a restaurant in the reference book, but the meal we had there was
just sublime, and I would highly recommend it, as prices are not exorbitant
either and the service was also very nice.
Finally, the last day in Paris was spent in the Musée d'Orsay, famous
for its exhibition of impressionism art, where we spent the whole day, while I
though we would only spend a couple of hours!
The museum itself is a former train station, which makes its architecture very interesting, while being able to host hundreds of pieces of art, spread accross several floors.
It took us nearly 6 hours to visit everything we were interested in, taking into accounts the few breaks we had to take to take some rest!
Shortly before going back home, we dropped by Notre-Dame de Paris, where an impressive ceremony was being held.
All the pictures are in the Gallery.
I've just realized that I still hadn't put up some of
the pictures I had taken during my trip to France in late
2002.
All the pictures taken in France were taken in Saint-Emilion (Unesco World Heritage)
by a cold but sunny day.
Saint-Emilion is of course well-known by wine amateurs, but it is also a
beautiful medieval city where you can find excellent French restaurants.
Additionally, I included 3 pictures taken in London during a one-day trip to visit some friends
Some pictures which stayed for too long on my hard disk because I didn't have time to upload them (or more likely, I was too lazy to do so ;P): the pictures I took in France during my holidays 2002. Part of them are already on the site: Gael and Stephanie's birthday but I still had to upload the ones I took while I was on holidays.
On the same trip, I also had the opportunity to visit my colleagues of the France Dream Team and to drink, laugh and sing while having an impressive couscous ! Wazaaaahhh !
Also, some pictures of nice places in Tokyo or around, in the mountains.
I took some holidays in October 2001 to go back to France and see my family and friends. Against all my expectations, the weather was great and very warm (well ... for that season ... even in Britanny !!) and most of the clothes I had brought with me (turtlenecks, etc.) stayed the whole time in the suitcase ... Oh well, I'm not going to complain since it made the trip very pleasant.
By the way, those were taken with my 3rd digital camera, a Canon EOS D30 ... Awesome !
