Palermo to Marsala...

Palermo, just before the Mercato Vucciria gets going. The cat (Wally the cat) drew me to this picture.

The view from Erice castle is worth the motion sickness from the hairpins.

Marsala, yes, where the wine comes from.

Les Champignons

Ahh holidays are good, a little stroll in the undergrowth to look for some cépe mushrooms. A little garlic, some parsley.... yum!

Not this one, he stayed in the forest for the slugs.

These little guys came home with us... mmmmm

lac blanc

It was a beautiful weather Sunday, and holidays season. So needless to say, every man and his dog had the same idea as us... lets stroll up to Lac Blanc. The best part about 'walking' to Lac Blanc is getting a fair bit of the ascent taken care of by the téléphérique de la Flégère. The fresh air is also so much more welcoming after cuddling up to someone's armpit in the cable car cabin. From the top station it's uphill for about an hour and a half. Then, instead of abusing our knees for the hell of it, we traversed to l'index and caught the télésiège down. We still had the same folks around us as up at the lake, so not much gain in time, but I'm sure our legs felt happier.

Rewarded by beautiful views during a hard walk in the hot sun, summer's here!

Not much white about lac blanc right now...

font III - just because

more 'fonts

on a mission

'Fonts

Just because you have to like Elephants...

Bon weekend

La Défense II

Etoile

He who hesitates is lost. No truer expression for taking on l'étoile by car. Simple rule; he who is coming from the right is king, even if 'he' is just a piddly Smart. Above all, don't hesitate, just gooi!

Speaking of étoile, I like the 15 odd little étoiles surrounding the Arc de Triomphe in the photo below (click for a larger view). All starry thanks to the small aperture used to get the long exposure.

Always a little surreal driving around l'étoile and down the cobbles of the Champs Elysées that leads out into another free-for-all in the Place de la Concorde. Never imagined it as an everyday thing.

Just gooi.