Monday, May 06, 2024

Arles, Provence, April 2024

Spent a couple of nights in Arles.

Lots of photography presence 

Buskers galore




 
The mighty Rhone



A lost photograph

Courtyard that Van Gogh painted

Some of the many Roman bits fished out of the Rhone
Drove to the Camargue to see the famous ponies and flamingoes




Ubiquitous beggars

Bandol, 2024

Passed through one of the wine centers of Provence, Bandol, on the southern coast.




 

Aix-en-Provence. April 2024

Took a little trip to Aix.

Carousel decoration: Cupid writing love letters


Detail: Cupid's handwriting



Grafitti palimsest

Some of the famous of Aix


Cassis, Provence, April 2024

Not far from Marseille, the quiet fishing village of Cassis.



Slipway at the quay




 
We took a short boat tour of three nearby "calanques," or inlets near the town






Don't leave your trash on the sidewalk

Hey, Marseille: April 2024

First stop on the continent, the oldest city in France.

Restroom at Splendido

Mirrored sunshade on the quay

Grafitti heaven

Local art

Architecture of the ages


City of grafitti

Street poetry

Trip 2024: First stop, London!


April Fool's Day in London, first leg of a European excursion.




Cittie of Yorke pub

Sir John Soames House Museum

Courtauld Museum





 

Bloomsbury

Soames House

Monty Python in the British Library

Irony

Bloomsbury

Kings Cross

Queen Mary II

"The Captain's Cufflinks": extra propellor blades At the quay Cupcake fest Waterline view Sunset swim, anyone? Mood lighting a...