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| I heart Nemours |
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| Sprint workout in Nemours...mind the barrier |
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| For realzies its Spring time |
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| Pretty much the greatest day of my life |
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| Teaching - ala French style |
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| Driving in Holland - obviously whistling - cuz I'm a superior whistler |
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| Amsterdam Olympic Track |
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| When in Belgium.... |
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| Heinekin cans turn glow in the dark |
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| Tobin - this wall rocks my world, thought you'd appreciate it |
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| Heineken Tour |
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| Glow in the dark NOW |
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| Jump time |
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| Chruch in Gent |
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| Choir in the church - rocked songs from GLEE |
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| Lauren as a jazz saxophone cplayer |
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| Stand here for wi-fi - obvi with Toms on |
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| No idea where this is from |
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| Canada in Belgium |
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| Luxembourg - are you serious |
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| Rome skyline |
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| Random fountain in a ROMAN park |
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| Statue |
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| Even better skyline view |
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| Papal fortress |
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| Oh my, so delicious |
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| TREVI |
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| Colosseum |
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| Is this for real? |
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| Seriously, did I just take that picture? |
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| Random Bernini fountain in Rome |
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| ya that's the sea |
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| Geoff - the creator of such a beautiful photo |
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| On the roof patio of the church |
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| Random rock wall window |
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| MORE MEDITERRANEAN |
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| Never sure when to smile with cameras on a timer |
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| REGGIO.... |
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| Biking in Reggio and loving EVERY second of it |
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| I had to take a picture of the words, to actually believe that I was there |
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| Ginormous tree...love it |
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| View from the shower in Portovenere...I showered with the shades OPEN |
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| Portovenere is the greatest ever invented |
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| Lovin on Nemours |
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| Looking irresistible as always |
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| Sitting on the steps of Sacre Couer, enjoying the entertainment |
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| Taking one of many similar shots, Val on left, Tara on right, something in the background |
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| Oh my, we switched sides... |
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| Sacre Couer, looking beautiful as always |
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| English entertainment outside of the church, Paris sky line in the background |
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| Sacre Couer on a warm *ish* day |
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| 18 tries later we got it |
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| Dora, lost in translation??? |
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| Julia!!! Look what we found |
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| How to "caption" this? |
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| Look what I can do! |
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| Help! |
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| Looking so clean clean |
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| Her majesty |
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| Almost sunset |
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| Val took approximately 3094 pictures of trees |
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| 47 tries later, I actually capture it |
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| In Nemours |
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| Luminaries at Notre Dame |
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| Its WINE TUESDAY |
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| Master of the spoons |
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| Stain glass everywhere |
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| Notre Dame is looming |
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| The following photos are from morning run adventures... |
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| Running in lazy Nemours |
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| One of my favourite routes |
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| Scenes like this make it hard to keep running and not take photos, run for 3 minutes, take 1 picture, repeat |
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| And scenes like this |
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| Geoff RUNNING!!!! YEAH |
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| Tara running...needs to do more of that |
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| A tug boat literally just went by |
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| Shrub garden from the church next to my school |
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| The misty mountain was conquered |
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| And I conquered this bad boy |
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| Duomo in Florence, its a green church!!! |
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| Running around the Fortress de Basso in Florence, finding fountains everywhere |
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| This is called the Golden Bridge, it's a bridge occupied solely by jewelers, BIG MONEY |
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| More running in Florence |
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| Taking a nap in the Boboli Gardens |
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| Successfully navigating Italian roads |
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| Sitting on the steps of Sacre Coeur |
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| From the first terrace...Sacre Coeur will change your life, walk in and see Jesus with outstretched arms |
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| Moulin Rouge, shortly after I got cat-called...with donkey sounds??? |
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| 6 million people are buried in the Catacombs; someone's lover is here |
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| I'm an awful tourist (Catacomb terrorist) who forgot to turn my flash off...but I got a good picture! |
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| Paris from the first balcony of the Eiffel Tower |
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| Tour Eiffel loves her lights |
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| Napoleon's Tomb |
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| For realzies...these exist |
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| It doesn't get old |
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| Still doesn't get old |
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| The tomb I thought was Napoleon's, I laughed when I saw how big the real one was in comparison, sort of like comparing a daddy long leg's with a tarantula...both are creepy big |
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| Subway's got nothing on this baguette sandwich |
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| For real it's Spring here...I love every second of it |
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| St Pierre les Nemours church, it's so very Batman |
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| The Red Restaurant...they don't like my French *chuckle* |
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| The Horseshoe Staircase at Fountainebleau where Napoleon addressed the people for the last time as King |
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| Napoleon's throne...ITS REAL PEOPLE |
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| A little old French lady, thrashing her rugs clean |
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| Vines on a side street of Nemours |
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| Typical side street in Nemours |
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| Typical side street in Paris |
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| Trees in stage three of nub growth |
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| Parisian row house |
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| tree in stage 2 of nub growth |
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| Tree in stage 1 of nub growth |
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| Ivy on north side of Nemours house (sigh) |
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| Stairway in Swarovski store...covered in crystals |
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| Gare de Lyon |
| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Eiffel Tower, on the first day I saw it |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| In the Aritechture Museum |
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| Eiffel Tower |
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| Parking in Nemours is on the side walk, but you can't park past the blue line |
hi tara i like your blog i relly miss you see you soon love ella
ReplyDeleteBonjour Tara, love your site and the illustrated images - thanks for sharing and taking the time to add your two cents worth to the pictures you took, makes it that bit more interesting : )
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you're embracing your French experience completely with 'avec la passion d'un vrai Français -oui?'
Keep enjoying the trip that will change your life forever!
Sherri (in rainy but green Hawai'i)