Rainy day in Amsterdam

30% chance of showers turned into an almost constant downpour. A good time was still had by the three of us.

Phil

Myself

Monica

 

 

 

If there ever were a "lovely day for a guiness", this was it

 

 

 

Perfect day in Brussels

A visit to the Magritte museum was followed by a walk in the city, climbing in a park, and a fantastic meal... a perfect day!

Église Notre Dame du Sablon (Church of Our Lady of Sablon)

A bite to eat before climbing

Quentin climbing Pont du Diable (devils bridge)

Monica and Steph enjoying Ethiopian

Waffles, beer, chocolate, ohh my

Back in Brussels making my progress towards Mongolian during the last 9 days... zero. Well worth the detour to Tuscany and Paris.

First meal of veal scallopini with eggplant and mozarella at Phil (who I lived with in denmark) and Stephanies, Delish

Grief having lost a strawberry from its waffle home

Paris à bientôt

Our last night in Paris was commemerated by a delcious french meal and a visit to the champs du mars. Many thanks to my friend Guilloume for the great time Monica (a fellow yellow jacket joining me for paris and Bruxelles) and I had in his city!

Tete de vos (veal head) a favorite of Jacques Chirac

guillome

Monica

Paris in transit

Traveling around paris I decided to pull out my 50mm, turn my camera to monochrome, and capture parisians in motion around the city. A great way to spend an afternoon!

An unforgetable weekend in macon and a night in Atlanta bidding farewell to friends was followed by over 24 hours of transit to Tuscany. The villa ( actually a converted monestary built in 1689) is an experience in itself. Olive oil and vegetables are still produced here(a favorite meal of tomatoes, olive oil; and basil all produced at the villa is posted).

Posting again soon and hopefully on a qwerty keyboard!

Just 3 weeks and I will be Mongolia bound... with a detour through Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, and Russia. I hope you all enjoy sharing this experience with me!