Yearly Archives: 2015

This postcard is pretty interesting in the fact that it is in color (black and white pictures that has been painted over). Also the cannon that is depicted, the French 75 mm field gun seems to have been a big deal back then, it even has its own wikipedia […]

Maneuvering of the French 75 mm Field Gun

15 Dec, 2015 tagged Army / Cannons / Heavy Artillery / World War One

I don’t know about you, but I had no idea flying fish could be eaten until that day a few months ago, when there was one on my plate: How was it? Honestly, it didn’t leave a great impression as I don’t remember exactly. However, I think I […]

Eating Flying Fish

1 Dec, 2015 tagged Fish / Flying Fish

I haven’t written anything about the events of last Friday night in Paris. Not sure why. Maybe I don’t really feel like expressing myself about them yet. Maybe I simply don’t have much to add to the whole thing. That and the fact that it feels so unreal to […]

Paris, Last Friday Night

20 Nov, 2015 tagged Bataclan / Daesh / Eiffel Tower / French People / Paris / Parisians / Racism / Religious Fundamentalism / Terrorism (updated on November 20, 2015)

Shadows (Awashima, Japan – October 2014)

Shadows

8 Nov, 2015 tagged Awashima / Japan / Photography / Shadow (updated on November 8, 2015)

Today, let’s play a little game. Can you guess what this is? Post your answers in the comments. 🙂

What is this?

4 Oct, 2015 tagged Quiz

(asked by Anne from DC and – probably- currently in France) The other day when I was visiting a friend in Paris, I noticed that one of the names listed on the interphone in her building was the Comtesse de Something (I can’t remember what). So what’s the deal? France […]

What’s the deal with aristocracy in France?

22 Sep, 2015 tagged Aristocracy / French Revolution / Monarchy / Name

I don’t know much about the Château de Montfort, except that it is located in the village of Vitrac, in the Dordogne department. It is first mentioned in the year 866, and it has seen many battles in the Middle-Ages, and was razed and rebuilt several times and has […]

Château de Montfort in Vitrac

16 Sep, 2015 tagged Castle / Château de Montfort / Dordogne / Vitrac

Avignon – Porte de la République – City entrance and Boulevard St-Roch. As you can see on Google Maps, the walls are still there, but everything else has greatly changed.

Avignon – Porte de la République

11 Sep, 2015 tagged Avignon / City Walls