On The Thames - 2018 Goring Lock - A boat, a dog, a plaque.

A slightly different selection than my usual pictures.
The boat intrigued me. Wooden, with a French name, and with a red ensign, plus the cross of St George.


I got closer, because of the dog.


That's when I saw the plaque -


Yes, L'Orage was one of the boats that went to Dunkirk and came back.

Daily touch of France - Friday edition - Winter storm in Cassis

A bit of a departure - as these are in colour.

The lighthouse at the entrance to the yacht harbour.


Another breaking wave.


The 'French Connection' house. This house was used in the opening scene of 'The French Connection', when Charnier drives up in a Jaguar.
Avenue De L'Amiral Ganteaume, Plages de Bestouan, Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

Daily touch of France - Thursday edition - A look at Lyon - Part Two

On the banks of the Saone.

Quiet conversation.


Contrasts

Daily touch of France - Thursday edition - A look at Lyon - Part One

Les Halles Paul Bocuse - Maison Cellerier - Oysters for lunch!

The main man





Sole -




And if you are going to Lyon, you have to eat here!

Daily touch of France - Wednesday edition - Things you might see in Paris

Archive shots from 2012

Always something to see on the Isle Saint-Louis.


Come to Paris - Take your own wedding portrait


Coffee in the garden Palais Royale.

Had dinner out tonight. Here's a picture of the napkin. What's the little embroidered thing?

Rhetorical question, because I know. But does anyone else?

Daily touch of France - Tuesday edition - Out and about in Paris & Cassis - 2012

Sorry for all the older pictures, but I'm having fun going through the archives.

Photo shoot on the Pont Alexandre - Paris -


Adjusting the lights - Paris


Shopping in Cassis


Street scene in Cassis

Daily touch of France - Monday edition - Hollywood comes to Aix

1940 meets 2022 with Aix standing in for Marseille. Place d'Archeveche transformed for 'Transatlantic', about the Emergency Rescue Committee, Varian Fry, and Mary Jane Gould, who helped refugees escape from France during World War 2.

Background actors in costume.


Local colour.

Daily touch of France - Sunday edition - Out and about in 2012

All shots taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XS - 18-55mm

Still life on the Isle St Louis -


L'accordéoniste - Palais Royale


Michel P - at Les Deux Magots - St Germain de Pres - Paris


Making the shot - Pétanque in the Jardin du Luxembourg


And one more time - Pétanque in the Jardin du Luxembourg

Did you hear about the guy who mistook a bottle of Wite-Out for Viagra?