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Colmar
Amélie, Eleanor, Sonja. I actually wasn't here for this, meaning...
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Aix en Provence
I returned with my friends to Aix en Provence after over a year absence. All...
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Aix en Provence
J'ai revenu.
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Aix en Provence
Place Hotel de Ville. Some of the world's best cafe's are in...
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Aix en Provence
Rue des Cordelliers. This is one of my favorite places on earth.
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Kara's Friend in Aix
My friend Kara went to Aix and took this picture. It does a nice job of...
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Alaska
My friends and I in Alaska. That's Kristin (Massage therapist),...
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Alsace in Autumn
What the vineyards look like as the change color for the fall (Courtesy of Kara)
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Bence and Sonja
Bence (my Magyar Friend) and Sonja (my Australian friend) at what looks like...
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Boat in Glass
You can see the M/V Sea Lion (the ship I worked on) reflected in my sunglasses.
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Bouncherie
A typical French boucherie. It's nice to be able to buy your meat fresh.
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Brasserie
Brasseries (French for Brewery) are common throughour the country,...
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Friends at the cafe
The lovely French cafe. Notice the requisite chalk written sign behind...
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Cafe
Again the cafe. Myself, Anne-Laure, and Damien.
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The Carasel in Winter
Colmar has a wonderful small park which features a carasoul. This is...
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Carnivale in Basel
Carnival in Basel. We were only about 30 kms from Switzerland. This is the...
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Carte de Sejor
Yes, I finally got it. And there is that beautiful card. I'll keep it...
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Christmas
Christmas in Colmar. The day before la Vacance de Noel.
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Colmar, marche de Noel
Throughout France, many of the church squares open into a splendid, colorful...
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Colmar
A typically centre ville street scene in Colmar.
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Colmar
A small get together on a Friday evening. That's Damien, Claudia...
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Colmar at dusk
(Courtesy of Kara)
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Colmar
Damien, Bense, and I. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Gare de Colmar
There's the train station. I was there more than I care to...
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Dinner Party at my apartment
I had some friends over for a dinner party at my apartment. We are playing a...
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Dusk in Alsace
The sun sets on the rolling vineyards. (Courtesy of Kara)
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My fireplace and I
My heating bill would have been even more ridiculous than it was without that...
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First sunny day in Switzerland!
The winter is long in Alsace--and this is the first day of sun. We decided to...
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Me, Food fight, Alaska
I'm really dirty here in Alaska.
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France
France, je ne t'oublie pas.
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Kara and I
Kara and I. She's the one in the French maid get up. (Courtesy of Kara)
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French Maids
The girls suprised us, dressing like French maids.(Courtesy of Kara)
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French Maids
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Halloween
Kara and I at a pumpkin festival. IT was bizarre. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Pumpkin Festival
Myself, Kara, Uxia (Spanish), and her Spanish friend. We're eating...
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Pumpkin Festival
These guys were doing this for us--or rather for the girls I was with....
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Ice Skating
The one time we went ice skating in Colmar. I got in a fight with a...
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Our Italian Party
All of us--the Australians, French, English, Hungarians, Americans,...
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Kara and I
Kara and I in the woods with our newly bought boxes of delicious Alsatian...
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Beautiful Kaysersberg
Kaysersberg was a small village just over the mountain from where I lived. It...
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Kaysersberg
The sun setting on Kaysersberg. Notice the typically French chalk...
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L'accordeoniste
The ubiqitous French accordeonist. And they're good. (Courtesy of Kara)
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...et la neige tombe!
This was the day after Thanksgiving. (and all of the days after that until...
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Le Louvre
What can you say...la palais du Louvre.
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Cafe
Some of us sitting at the cafe. That was a French girl (I forget her name),...
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Paris. Les Invalides
"...if you're lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young...
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Marche de Noel
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Kara in Marseille
God this is a great picture. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Marseille
The South of France. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Hm
Our Christmas party. I'm not sure what I'm up to.
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Metz
Metz, the capital of Lorraine. It's great for a cultured feel,...
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Me in Metz
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The Mulhouse Cathedral
(Courtesy of Kara)
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Winetasting in Neidermorschwihr!
Best wine tasting ever. I learnt more about wine in that day than ever...
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Turckheim's Nightwatchman
The Night Watchman of my town. This is to prove it to all of the people that...
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Sonja and I
Really not a great photo of myself. But Sonja looks great.
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Me and the pilot
That's the bizarro French pilot that always showed up at our events.
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Noel
Our dinner party for Christmas. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Eleanor and I, Noel
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Paris
Paris is the only woman I'll ever really love.
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Paris Metro
Waiting for the metro, under Ile de Cite and Notre Dame.
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Patisserie
Patisseries are common throughout France, tempting you with fresh baked good.
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Le petit Venice
One of the most charming places in Colmar. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Petite Venice
This time without snow
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Colmar
Reading an astonishingly poorly written French phrase book. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Les pains du marche
A couple eating and enjoying a moment in the place de marche.
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Richard and Eleanor
The two brits. Yorkshire and London. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Riquewihr
(Courtesy of Kara)
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Me and Riquewihr
That's me taking pictures of Riquewihr. A great day. Madeleines...
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Rock Climbing
That's me practicing rock climbing.
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Rockstar
Claire and I are rockstars. Alaska, 2006.
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Romania - The world's largest building
Really. It's huge. Look at the cars for perspective.
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Romania
They don't close the train doors there. That's me preparing to jump out.
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Snow in Colmar
The night France wore white. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Snow and Sonja
Sonja in the snow. Notice the Cathedrale in the background. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Snow in Alsace
(Courtesy of Kara)
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Sonja
The French Maid
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Sonja, by la poissoinerie
In the snow. The colors of the houses are incredible. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Strasbourg
The first time together.
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Strasbourg
Le magnifique cathedrale de Strasbourg. C'est vraiment canon!
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Strasbourg
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Strasbourg
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Strasbourg
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Superbowl
Kara (Seattle native) and I after the Super Bowl--that's 5am in France....
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Thanksgiving
That's our rooster (un coq) for Thanksgiving. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Thanksgiving
Bense and I at our Thanksgiving dinner.
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Thanksgiving
People trying the appetizers Kara and I prepared for Thanksgiving....
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Thanksgiving
I'm demonstrating somethign to Bensee on Thanksgiving. (Courtesy of Kara)
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The Thanksgiving Feast!
And there's all the food we prepared for these poor folks first...
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Thanksgiving
All of our great food, again. These European-folk loved Thanksgiving.
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Richard the Brit
Richard, the Brit, hacking the coq.
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Storks
Storks are the symbol of Alsace. And they are EVERYWHERE. (Courtesy of Kara)
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Turckheim, my old home
That's where I lived--and you can see more storks on the entrance.
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Turckheim Guild Sign
These wrought-iron signs are extremely old and are a staple of Alsace.
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Flowers
Flowers adorn all of the windows in Turckheim.
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The vineyards outside of Turckheim
This is where I would bike to work and to visit friends.
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Walking in the vineyards
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Welcome Aboard!
Some friends and I ready to go. Alaska, 2006.
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