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We’re Home!: Part 6 Last one!

June 2, 2008 – 12:42 pm

Hi all, this is the final installment of the series of personal work from our vacation. I hope you enjoyed them, thank you all for the comments here and the great ones I’ve received via email!

The last images are from our time in Paris:

Starting things off are two of my favorite things in the world combined into one image. A big bag of fresh Pierre Hermé, and one of the chairs in the Jardin du Luxembourg. I can’t fathom a better breakfast, or a better place to enjoy it.

Here is what is quite possbily the best Pain au Chocolat you’ll ever find:

Followed by an even better (c’est pas possible!) Croissant aux Amandes:

They also have the very best Macaron I’ve ever had, and we tried alot of them when we lived there. :-) Do yourself a favor and make a beeline for Pierre Hermé if you’re ever in Paris.

This image tells a story. I guess if you were going to have your bike stolen, this is the best place for it to happen. :-)

Cars just don’t get anymore French than this:

A little Italian too:

A little British for good measure:

This particular door has special significance. This is the door to the building we used to live in. They just don’t make ‘em like that in SF.

This is why I don’t have very many photos from Paris. We were just WAY too busy having picnics either in Luxembourg, or along the Seine. :)

OK, that’s all of the personal images you’ll have to endure for quite awhile. Wedding season is now upon us!

Thanks again for viewing!

Cliff

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We’re Home!: Part 3

May 29, 2008 – 8:40 am

Here is today’s photo installment:

Thanks for looking!

Cliff

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We’re Home!: Part 2

May 28, 2008 – 7:28 am

Here are the second set of images for this week!

This tiny church is nearly 1000 years old, and is next door to Malarie’s Dad’s place. This is actually taken from his yard. Amazing.

The pride of the former Yugoslavia:

These guys were sea snails. You can actually buy them by the bag at the market in town. We (when I say “we” I mean Malarie’s Dad) prepared them by chopping them up and cooking them in a sauce to eat with pasta. Suprisingly yummy. :)

This guy was the proverbial “early bird” and was on the hunt:

Thanks for looking, see you tomorrow!

Cliff

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We’re Home!: Part 1

May 27, 2008 – 7:45 am

We’re back in action and getting caught up after a very refreshing vacation. Thanks for everyone’s patience and well wishes during our time away. We definitely had a chance to recharge our batteries, just in time for the wedding season to get in to full swing.

As you might have already guessed I have a bunch of photos to share, even though I tried to make sure to take some days without a camera in my hand at all. We spent most of our time in Croatia, so that is where most of the images will be centered. I also took relatively few photos in Paris in comparison, as I was feeling nostalgic for our previous life there and just wanted a lot of quality time with Malarie.

For the images I did take, I made a conscious attempt to change up my style a bit. When shooting for myself I tend to look for the big, grandiose scene. I made an attempt to shift a little and shoot “smaller”, meaning looking for the more minute details that are often passed by but have as much of an effect on the feel of a place as any giant landscape. This was also my goal due to the fact that I have shot many images at these locations in the past, and I wanted them to feel fresh.

I’m going to post up images likely everyday this week, 10 at a time or so. I’ll start with Croatia and end the week in Paris.

OK, enough talk. On to the images!

We stayed on the mainland in a traditional house the first night of our stay due to the fact that we came in late, and there were no boats running to the islands. Not a bad view to start out the day with though:

It was my birthday on the 15th, and my one wish was to have the Lobster Pasta at Pavo’s. I was lucky enough that the local fisherman were able to get two of them for us. Sometimes that’s the way it is with island life, if they can’t catch it, you can’t eat it! :-)

Before:

After: (it really didn’t stand a chance)

BTW, there was 3 of us eating, I didn’t do all that damage on my own. :-)

This was an urchin that Malarie found on the shore. This particular one had seen better days. You’ll see these everywhere in the water close to shore. Watch your feet!

That’s all for today, see you tomorrow!

Cliff

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