France Bits & Pieces

This blog is my France Bits & Pieces blog. I have collect random pictures and stories that didn't totally warrant a whole blog post of their own. So I'm putting them all together to create a delicious potluck blog.

If you haven't figured it out by now, France is my favorite country that I visited. Mostly because the time I spent there was with my brother and friends, and was the least stressful. The most stressful part was having to look down everywhere I went in France, because of less restrictive laws for dogs and their business.

These are in no particular order...

Here is the crypt under our grocery store, yes you read that right. There is a forgotten graveyard underneath our fresh produce and french cheese.

So to reiterate, France is old, older than the US, progress happens, and sometimes french "Wal-marts" happen on top of old graveyards.Speaking of grocery stores, I saw this tasty looking drink at another grocery store (non-crypt related store) and I just thought it was just a great combination of english words and celebrity sponsorship. Also please note disgustingly dirty shelves, and no joke, I saw a mouse dodge between the aisles one day.
This is from the day we decided to have a picnic at the park near the train station and then play in the fountain. Did I mention we were throwing a spoon around and playing catch in the fountain...yes this is how I wisely chose to spend my days in France.

This is when Birama and Eric decided to arm wrestle for who would marry Anne....weirdos.

I really wanted to introduce everyone to a "brownie" so I tried to over-cook some chocolate cake mix and cut it in squares like brownies, it seemed to go over well. My mom and dad sent me some cheesecake mix for my birthday, everyone liked both. This was all made for a going away party for a girl I'd only met once, someone's mom came and made fresh sushi.This picture is pretty much because I love pink & green and I passed these chairs everyday on my way to the library, so I took a picture.

Speaking of the library, here it is:

I'm glad I always have a camera with me so I can capture things like this hilarious parking job that forced Christelle to climb into her car via the passenger side door. I just thought this picture was hilariously romantic. We went to a lake one night when the sun was setting. It's two dudes, my brother and Ghennadi. 

Ok, I meant to take more pictures of this McDonald's but we got caught up planning the International Murder Mystery. I just love a restaurant that pretty much encourages obesity and then chose an olympic sports theme for the decor. Note: paddles for seat backs, pommel horses for bench style seating, starting blocks for swimming used as tall chairs, I believe there was also some sledding apparatus nearby.

Now while I didn't get to shoot any weddings over in Europe, I did get to spot a fair number of brides. Not sure why they all seem to be walking around outside all the time...Now while I didn't get to shoot any brides for real, I did have a volunteer for a photo shoot, my friend Jorge. Some of these pictures are on his facebook page and one of the comments translated was "...ooo the Latino Brad Pitt!"

My stab at an iPod commercial.

Remember in "The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe" when the kid is willing to sell out his entire family for Turkish delight? Well this is it! Christelle brought us back some from her trip to Turkey. I liked the shiny pink and silver box, and the candy was pretty yummy, not give up my brother tasty but you know maybe temporarily rent him out good.

Ok that was definitely a random post, but good, non?