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Corsica

Posted on September 2, 2011 | Comments Off

The island of Corsica is just south west of the mainland of France. We only stayed on the island for 5 days but wished we had planned for a longer stay. Now we know. Mountainous and surrounded by the Mediterranean sea, the island is a gorgeous place with scenic views on pretty much every turn.

: Hello Corsica! Docking into Bastia

: One of the only days it was cloudy. Came by this abandoned house on a mountain

: an ok view (in town of Calvi) I guess…

: Tourists taking a picture of a church

: I decided that the chair in the church was more interesting

: aqua door

: Sail boat

: crazy winding roads on cliff side “highways”

: Tower in the city of Porto

: Donkey!

: Grapes

: Cheese! in the Ajaccio market

: sausages

: More sausages

: wine

: one day I will own one of these

: olives and lemons. Not sure i could eat a lemon like the locals do.

: onion man

: mickey?

: This was a sunrise view from our hotel room in Sartène.

: The same view at sunset. Best. Hotel. View. Ever.

: Cute town of Sartène.

: Bulangerie Tamburini

: Crooked door

: The gorgeous city of Bonifacio, perched on top of a cliff

: crazy cliffs

: lotsa steps. luckily for me, we didn’t climb any of them

: view of Bonifacio from a boat

: another view of Bonifacio from a boat.

: yet another view

: sick killer stealth like kazillion dollar yacht

: motobike

: you put wine in these

: slush! or granité as the francais like to call it

: dinner. so french of us.

: City of Corte

: Winding wall overlooking mountains

: yet another awesome view from another B&B we stayed at near Corte

: Mooooo!

: This one really moo-ed at me

: sniffing dog

: one of the very few modern buildings I saw in Corsica

: The town of Speloncato. A real bitch to get to… actually most little towns in Corsica are a bitch to get to.

: this cow just stood there on the side of the road/cliff the whole time we stopped to take photos of the panorama views

: town of Speloncato

: lights

: old Citroen

: picture time

: waves…

: …that almost ate me!

: sunrise on on the morning of our ferry back to the mainland in France

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Nice is Nice

Posted on September 1, 2011 | Comments Off

So it’s been a while since my last blog post. Sorry about that. I’ve got a good reason though! I was on vacation in Southern France.

The next few posts you’ll see my three weeks in Southern France starting here with Nice. Enjoy! I know I did. 🙂

: Nice!

: Nice tanning

: Nice dog

: Nice uh… nuns?

: Nice pears

: Nice OJ

: Nice Tomatoes

: Nice tower

: Nice tower again

: Nice coloured buildings

: Nice old man checking out the view

: Nice view of the beach

: Nice tourists

: Nice little girl

: Nice tram tracks with grass

: Nice little doggy

: Nice balloons

: Nice shinney street performer

: Nice beach at night

: an old wall in Grasse

: Spices

: garage in Antibes

: city of Antibes

: Nets

: Rocky shore of Antibes

: crazy sculpture in Antibes

: kids fishing in the marina in Antibes

: Antibes beach

: missed the market here in Antibes

: Antibes cactus

: Ferry boat to our next destination: Corsica!

: couldn’t believe how many cars could fit a ferry

: first time on a ferry boat with cars in it

: Nice view on the boat

: Corsica is over there somewhere

: ferry pulling away

: Next stop, Corsica

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Berlin

Posted on June 22, 2011 | Comments Off

Here’s a recent trip to Berlin. Rich with great history. Enjoy!

: TV Tower (Fernsehturm)

: now how am I supposed to find where i’m going when these streets are named the same??

: happy.

: Long grass growing out of park bench.

: The Wall.

: bright colours

: Pink Floyd inspired wall or wall inspired Pink Floyd.

: two sides of the wall.

: dogs know no race.

: photobooth repairman. after i shot this, he saw me and closed the curtain abruptly.

: mom and child in photobooth. wish I could’ve seen these photos 🙂

: They didn’t have my size.

: Diana.

: dress alike much?

: @ the “Topography of Terror”.

: old man styling.

: all shorts.

: nope. wasn’t with them.

: Checkpoint Charlie

: Charlottenburg Palace

: @ Café Einstein

: Siegessäule in between the trees

: Haus der Kulturen der Welt

: @ the Holocaust Memorial

: Brandenburger Gate

: tourist trap. pay these guys if you want a picture with them

: pretzels

: wurst

: Currywurst. mmmmmmm

: @ the TV tower (Fernsehturm)

: Federal Chancellery Building

: East and West Berlin seperated by the Spree river

: think this guy got a parking ticket

: Amazing park lunch!

: own a peice of the wall… for 30Euros!

: flick of the hair

: I _blank_ NY

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Life’s a beach

Posted on May 21, 2011 | Comments Off

Actually more like dunes. Just over 25kms out west of Amsterdam are rolling dunes in the Zuid-Kennemerland. Beautiful and picturesque, it’s amazing to think that I’m still in Holland. Oh I did hit the beach after as well. Awesome day.

: checking out our trajectory. all good. no bears.

: so many sea shells by the seashore. it’s like a shell pancake.

: Moo.

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Keukenhof – Pictures of people taking pictures of other people/flowers

Posted on May 9, 2011 | Comments Off

Tulips everywhere. Oh my! If you know me, then you might know I’m not that big into flowers. So when my girlfriend asked me if I wanted to go to the biggest flower festival in Holland, I said “Yay!” and “Woopie!” because I love her. Anyhow, it took us over an hour just to get on the shuttle bus. Line after line and so many people you could have mistaken it for a sardine factory, we finally made it there. I mostly took photos of all the tourists taking photos of flowers. They were the most interesting subjects of my day. “Flowers. YAY!”

: over an hour wait just for the shuttle bus to the Keukenhof. not a good start.

: Finally there!

: People taking photos of flowers #1

: People taking photos of flowers #2

: People taking photos of flowers #3

: People taking photos of flowers #4

: People taking photos of flowers #5

: People taking photos of flowers #6

: When you see this, you know what kind of crowd you’re gonna expect for the day…

: People taking photos of flowers #7

: People posing #1. lots of squatting poses.

: People posing #2

: People taking pictures of flowers #8 + people posing #3

: People taking pictures of flowers #9 + people posing #4

: People taking pictures of flowers #10

: People taking pictures of flowers #11 + people posing #5

: People taking pictures of flowers #12 + people posing #6

: People posing #7

: People taking pictures of flowers #13

: People taking pictures of flowers #14

: People taking pictures of flowers #15 + people posing #8

: Flower fields

: Lonely flower all by it’s lonesome.

: A flower mass grave. hidden away from the tourists and flower fields in the background. how horrific.

: Crowd waiting for parade #1

: Crowd waiting for parade #2

: Crowd waiting for parade #3

: People taking pictures of flowers #16 + Crowd waiting for parade #4

: Is it mean that I kinda wished that this little girl fell? I wasn’t in a good mood…

: Yay! Canada!

: After a 3 hour ordeal to get out of the Keukenhof, we finally get home and enjoy the flowers in our apartment. ahhhhhhh…

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BEZET!

Posted on May 6, 2011 | Comments Off

Here is a before an after look of “Bezet” or occupied plots on sidewalks around town in preparation for Queen’s Day (Koninginnedag). These Bezet plots are reserved days, sometimes weeks, ahead of time for the annual city wide free market / flea market. People of all ages try to sell off their goods and sometimes services.

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Boat ride

Posted on May 4, 2011 | Comments Off

If you’ve ever been to Amsterdam, you know that canals are everywhere. Living this long here, (first day tourist boat tour aside) I hadn’t yet experienced a private boat ride in the canals. We were lucky we had great weather. A must if you ever visit.
Check out this fun time lapse I made of the ride.

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Leaves

Posted on May 1, 2011 | Comments Off

Every spring, Amsterdam is covered with little golden seed leaves from the local Elm trees. They make the city even more dreamy and wonderful as they fly around in the wind.

Here’s a short video I made dedicated to these seed/leaves.

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Koninginnedag

Posted on May 1, 2011 | Comments Off

My first Queen’s Day. It was awesome. So. Much. Orange.

: Techno Orange

: Loved seeing people dressed head to toe in Orange. she’s a red head on top of it!

: Missed on the focus here but this guy was sporting one awesome suit.

: Mock marriage for fun.

: So. Many. People.

: So. Many. People.

: So. Many. People.

: So. Many. People.

: So. Many. Boats.

: Queen’s Day isn’t Queen’s Day without beer.

: The down side of Queens day is all the garbage on the street. That’s a lot of beer, or what I call breakfast.

: This little girl had enough of the celebrations. nice orange boots.

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Copenhagen

Posted on April 28, 2011 | Comments Off

Visited this gorgeous city in a small country, Easter weekend. It was apparently the best weather they’ve had in a while. Sunny for all four days spent there. The only downside was how expensive the city was. 10€ for a beer! Yikes!