Of course, no Parisian christmas would be complete without the traditional lighting of the candles on Jacques’ authentic Swiss
christmas tree…
Swiss Christmas Tree (December backlog)
Category: Keitai Log
Schubert Recital (December backlog)
Taking advantage of christmas holiday season, Rie, Sophie and I attended a couple concerts and recitals in nearby Latin Quarter churches.
Gounod, Liszt, Bach and Schubert… Also a selection from the Italian opera repertoire (my guilty pleasure), interpreted by one very Castafiore-esque mezzo-soprano.
Christmas Breakie
You know you are within sight of the French border when…
Not Much of a White Christmas
22nd, 3pm: got all my damn xmas presents
22nd, 3:20pm: hot chocolate and good byes with S.
22nd, 4pm: walking to the station
23rd, 10am: sitting on my bed in a t-shirt, windows wide-open
On a cold rainy Sunday…
… nothing beats snuggling in front of a fireplace (after paying a visit to an exhibit of very naughty things indeed at the French National Library).
Biking & Walking
Herd of bikes moving through Paris’ winter strike, Steph visiting,
Maya getting us drunk, Marc trying out vélib’…
Random November Pics
– a dozen French riot police keeping students in line nearby my house in the Latin Quarter (a few hundreds more, parked down the street).
– some truly weird beaver that you can apparently go see at Paris’ Jardin des Plantes.
– Christmas street decorations, not a day too early, on the 1st of November.
Art Collection
Quite a few pieces I wouldn’t mind on my own walls someday
Going out, Staying in
Jam session at The Cavern, man-about-town Billy and longtime friend Abigail: whom I had not seen in 15 years.
Good Bye Sunshine
Taken back when the sun still shone over our heads…
