2 Décembre 2005
Joyeuses fetes à Maisons Allfort
Happy Holidays from (the City of) Maisons Alfort
The war on Christmas spreads to France! If ever a country had a claim to a "Christian Heritage"! God has sent multiple saints to save France and still, they celebrate many winter holidays.
10 Decembre 2005
Une manifestation dans la Place de la Republique
A protest at Republique blocks traffic
10 Decembre 2005
They're protesting in favor of the separation of church and state. Shock troops in the war on Christmas!!
There were a ton of people there. It was awesome.
10 December 2005
Lining up at the end of the march were the black-clad anarchists, waving black flags and a few hippies and a guy in a dress.
It made me homesick.
Also: Paris is cool.
10 December 2005
Kill the Young
Graffiti by Republique
UPDATE- this is marketing by a record company for a band. boo!
10 Decembre 2005
Strange holiday art installation on the side of a bank covers a mailbox
10 December 2005
It's for the winter holidays (I think), but it looks like spring time
10 December 2005
Woodsprites and ATMs
10 December 2005
Department store xmas lights at night at Printemps
10 December 2005
Department store xmas lights at Galeries Lafayette
13 December 2005
Is it ice on the mailbox on my street? Um, no, actually. During the riots, there were a few cars burned in my neighborhood. There is a spot on my street with a bunch of heat damage, including scorched pavement, the melted mailbox here and a lot of broken glass. I think one of the car fires (or an attempt to start one) was actually two doors down from me.
So I thought I should wait to mention it. It didn't wake me up. I don't feel like I was ever in any danger.
13 December 2005
Christmas trees for sale at the Marche de Saint Martin
13 December 2005
A christmas tree for sale at the Marche de Saint Martin
Note how the tree is sort of stuck into part of a log. How do people water their trees?
15 December 2005
Ice skating by la garre Montparnasse à Paris
15 December 2005
Ice skating by la garre Montparnasse à Paris
15 December 2005
T ans Cola in Monparansse
15 December 2005
Merry go round and ice skating
16 decémbre 2005
Le Marché Noel à Bordeaux
Christmas market in Bordeaux
16 decémbre 2005
Le Marché Noel à Bordeaux
Christmas market in Bordeaux
16 December 2005
Elanor of Aquitaine was married in this cathedral, but I forget the name of it.
Bordeaux
16 December 2005
Ice skating outside the cathedral in Bordeaux
16 December 2005
It's a little known fact that Dan Quale is a restauranteur in Bordeaux
17 December 2005
The requisite Joan of Arc statue in the Cathedral.
17 December 2005
The sun broke through the clouds for a moment and lit up the pipe organ at the back of the church
17 December 2005
This is one of the court buildings in Bordeaux. No, really. There is a lot of really great architecture spanning a few centuries.
17 December 2005
Law courts and an older building in Bordeaux
17 December 2005
Looking from the law courts towards the cathedral in Bordeaux.
17 December 2005
A vineyard within the Southern appellation.
17 December 2005
A vineyard within the Southern appellation.
