...not your typical
Vacation Fotos!

Van Gogh found inspiration in the light at Arles.

La Rochelle
In La Rochelle they used to 
keep out enemy ships with a    
giant chain between these
towers
Some of France's finest    
schools are here
Lots of fine art on the walls.     Stencil Man was lurking about,
here and there...

Tours
some more street art,    
this one's on a
utility box
oh no -- Terror Fries!! they like to scrape the    
stone walls flat
on Rue Colberg you can get
pierced *and* drunk!

Blois
found a great bottle in the
Loire for my "partially
submerged objects" series     
If Anne of Bretagne had known    
how tiny her space would be,
she might have tried harder
dragons & kids at the Robert   
Houdini museum
a typical view...

Toulon

a cool fountain  our hotel, from Nathalie's place...    
it's on the right, up the hill,
in the trees, just beyond    
that house with the red roof
Schumi checking    
out the view...
a fake beach Maureen took these...

Barcelona
the ancient Roman    
city wall
some kind of community   
art project?
Anya tames the Wooly
Mammoth!
just some tree bark,
thought it looked neat
do these stairs go up or down? (answer below)

Gaudi
a building by Gaudi ....      

Paris
a fountain in the Place de Voges     one of the lions was just
feeling stubborn that day!  
Can't leave out the Eiffel Tower!
Next time I'll bring a taller tripod...

All images © 2003 Guy Ridley
(answer: no)