Catholic churches are everywhere in France. After seeing several dozen, I started to feel like I’d seen most of what there was to see. And then I would wander into some random church and discover another gem. In many of the churches, the stained glass was exquisite. Sometimes I could read the story in the windows and other times I just wondered who all the saints could be. This is a window I quite liked; I enjoyed how it depicted Jesus Christ, the “Lamb of God.” 0 comments more ...

Several months ago I was in France and realized I would need to get a job upon my return to North America. In today’s interconnected world, I thought doing my job search through the Internet would be the way to do it. It turned out to be both brilliant and brutal, all at the same time. 0 comments more ...

Pigeons are everywhere in France. This one was on the edge of William the Conqueror’s castle in Caen. 0 comments more ...

Part of the image of Europe gets built around the old things, including the old stone homes from the days before 2x4 (lumber, wood-frame) construction. This home is at Mont Saint Michel, a rock on the Normandy coast that has had an abbey at the top of it for over 1000 years and a village built in stone under it for almost as long. As a side, Mt St Michel is one of my favourite places to visit in France. 0 comments more ...

Still in the Land of the Celts (Brittany, France), I came across this beautiful country driveway. I think it caught my eye because even though there was no snow and the green leaves were gone, the scene was still beautiful. 0 comments more ...

Touring after Christmas, we travelled to the Land of the Celts in Brittany, France. I found this stone cross on the top of a fence. The cross, the vines, and the stone seems to fit the image of the Celts in my mind too well to pass it by. 1 comment more ...

Just after Christmas, I went exploring in northern France. One of my many stops was the iconic cathedral in Chartres, a little out of Paris. Candles are lit by many of the patrons and pilgrims, as a sort of prayer, as I understand it. But the light of the candles in the dark cathedral made for a beautiful picture. 0 comments more ...

LEGO is one of those things that bring back wondrous memories of childhood. But LEGO is something that didn’t leave its wonder behind when I left childhood. So when my Honey got me a LEGO advent calendar for Christmas, I was delighted. This ended up being our Christmas tree in Paris! 0 comments more ...

Well the snow kept coming. This day we were in Rouen, waiting for the train, as the snow fell softly in the train station. Setting the exposure just right, I could freeze the snow mid-flight! 0 comments more ...

We didn’t get much snow, living on the coast as we were in Dieppe, but a little showed up just before Christmas. This photo was taken a little before dawn, which lends itself to the gentle light. On this particular morning, I was hoping to get into the school where I worked because I thought I could get a nice time lapse of the sun coming up across the harbour. Although the school is normally open Saturday mornings, on this particular morning I found the doors locked. Maybe it was the snow, maybe it was because it was the day before Christmas vacation… 0 comments more ...