hi guys,
long time no write... from late April to late May, I took my (short) annual leave, spent most of it in Paris, and in Brussels. One month is definitely too short when one has been used to two or more...bloody job. Can't wait for the next one some days...
so back in Tanzania. Bad news, my boss got rid of the Cessna 206, a wonderful little 6 seater that I loved for special funny flights. That's the plane on which to get people scream their heart out...Good news the big twin, a Let 410, has arrived. Waiting to be trained on it now.
anyway some shots from Paris. Wonderful city, an open-air museum... art and culture are what I miss most here.
any European knows this wonderful car, a Citroën 2CV. For Americans and others, say Deux Chevaux (2 HP in fact though it had a little more than that). I used to have one, a bright red one. Underpowered but dead cheap to run. People have crossed the World with that. Citroën stopped production in '89 after 40 years or so. Another myth dying out. Still being built in Chile under licence. Never made it to USA for safety issues except some real old vintage models. I'd love one here in TZ as it is quite excellent on dirt roads...this one here is used as a tour taxi with the canvas roof rolled back. Great idea...
another oldie superbly restored. Sunny days, everybody gets out with their convertible toy, girls are half dressed getting tanned and admired (though am not supposed to watch....), the famous Paris book stalls open again along side the Seine...
lovers take a walk and rest here and there.
Notre- Dame...will I ever go up there again? I climbed it once 20 years ago on a winter day, hardly nobody in sight. Now it is packed like hell. One hour queue is common...
I just love these typical buildings. What else to say...
I could spend ours in this city, shooting, drawing, just walking. So many artists have done that before too...
the famous tower. This one too is too busy nowadays. So just walking around and trying to find new angles or subjects is an activity like any...
that spot next to the military school talks about Peace. Those glass panes show the word Peace translated in many languages. Columns are spread around. When I started photography 20 years ago, I couldn't stand tourists or even regular people in my compositions. I realized quickly, thanks to books from famous photographers, that the empty shots were boring...and you don't have to wait 50 years to laugh at the changing fashion or way of life...
see , I would have waited for this lovely girl to get out of the picture. But I'd get her full frame later on....
yes I knows, pretty stupid but fun to do sometimes...
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