October 21, 2014 in France ⋅ 🌙 10 °CDinner out with Patrice for a second night. This place Ma Pomme en Colimacon (My Apple Snail at Rue de Menilmontant, 75020 Paris) is right on the corner of the street he lives on. He knew the owner well and the service was great as well as the food fantastic. Pictured are Patrice and I and then myRead more
October 20, 2014 in France ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Pictured are Natasha and Patrice her ex-husband. We are preparing to go out to dinner. Patrice worked in the hospitality/restaurant industry for many years and has a broad knowledge of French Cuisine and culture.
Pictured is a view of the Eiffel Tower at night from his balcony and also the duck atRead more
October 20, 2014 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °CPictures from one of the bridges crossing the Seine. Locks of love all over this bridge. The best on is in the third picture where I can just see some guy on a bike deciding really wanted to hang a lock and only had the bicycle cable lock so he strapped it on.
October 20, 2014 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °CThank you to Travis Briggs for sending me information about Le Pain Boulangerie Lapelosa at 16 Avenue Rapp, Paris. Natasha helped me track this place down and we had some fantastic pastries. Natasha is Russian / Ukrainian but has lived in Paris for 20 years and she said it was an excellent bakeryRead more
October 20, 2014 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °CSwitched from Hostels to Couch Surfing for this leg of my trip. The hostels are fun and inexpensive but often full of partying young people. I have had my fill of drunk Australians who crowd the hostels and leave Sydney and Melbourne empty. I am convinced they are all in europe. My Couch SurfingRead more
October 18, 2014 in France ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Interesting lit flower decorations at CDG.
Gar Du Nord train station Paris On my way to my Couch Surfing host Natasha's apartment in Paris. Each one of those door ways is a train line.
I would be pissed if that were my work truck.
October 18, 2014 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Last day in Prague.
Nothing makes me think about buying crystal more than first passing by cheap plastic items from China.
In the old town area small huts roasting large pork shoulders and then vats of stewing gnocchi, sauerkraut and chunks of pork. Absolutely fantastic meal.
It is hard to get toRead more
October 14, 2014 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 12 °CMadHouse Hostel. One of the greatest hostels in the world. Prague's famous atomic clock in picture 3. At Propaganda with others from the the MadHouse hostel including Rod pictured with me who is one of the owners.
