England

The man coming up to us

 This is taken in Kingston, near London. This man came up to us when we are taking photos. He said he is a photographer for Queen’s garden parties. I do not know if it…

England

Telephone Boxes

 The red telephone boxes are London‘s symbol. There is an interesting object using phone boxes in Kingston, just outside of London. It is called Out of Order and made by David Mach in 1988….

France

Eurostar was smooth

I took Eurostar from London to Paris this time.It was a smooth journey without any problems.It is nice to find yourself in the middle of the city when you arrive there, which is…

France

A portrait has to look like her/him

 On Monmartre, we asked one of the painters to draw us. When you go up the hill, after Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, there are a lot of ‘painters’ for tourists. They may have a hard…

France

Listen to Mass in Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

We went into Basilique du Sacré-Cœur at Monmartre in Paris. Because it was Sunday, they were having a Mass in there, but it is one of the most famous sights in Paris, they did…

France

Maybe one of the shortest cable car

Montmartre was another place that I wanted to go up.I have been there a few times, but this was the first time to take the cable car.It was the shortest cable car ride…

France

Metro

This is a view inside a metro.I cannot remember which line it was, but it seemed a new carriage with colourful stripy seats.It was a nice surprise that I could use the tickets…

France

Notre-Dame will be next challenge

 To climb up to the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris and take a photo of the view of Paris from behind the gargoyles was one of our purposes of this trip, but the day was…

France

Carnival at islands in Paris

 On the way back from Le Marais area in Paris, we saw these people in costume in Rue Saint-Louis en l’Île. The usual carnival time has passed, but here every year, they have one…