<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802</id><updated>2011-07-07T22:09:51.309-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Photo Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>27</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-4310342491503853937</id><published>2009-06-01T12:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T08:44:44.874-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Because this becomes a part of my overseas experience..</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M2C-HZhViqU/SiQnNqhVtDI/AAAAAAAAAAM/QWjqG9a-WgA/s1600-h/eli.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342438173674157106" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M2C-HZhViqU/SiQnNqhVtDI/AAAAAAAAAAM/QWjqG9a-WgA/s320/eli.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's hard to make sense of things, when someone you love is there one day, and gone the next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You walked into French class not so long ago, looking very, very fine and taking quite afew of our breaths away. I assumed straight away that you were going to be an arrogant jock, too good-looking for his own good, but you ended up being all of the opposite. There are so few guys who have been quite so considerate, charming and caring as you have been, yet many have on first glance misunderstood you for someone quite different. We've had some good times together, you and I.  You were such an intelligent boy, and we always had great conversations. You always made me laugh, it was very easy to make me smile. Yet somehow, there was always a part of you that remained sad, that kept you in the dark, and from time to time it took you away from us. It wasn't always easy to understand, but you always came back. Going away for good was never part of the bargain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am in Paris now, and just this morning, I was thinking of you and how much you loved this city. It's so beauiful, and I can finally understand why you had so much affection for this place, why it was here that you felt free and happy. Yet now, for me, Paris will also always be the place where you broke my heart. Hours later, I'm still reeling from that call, the pieces have yet to glue themselves together, my eyes have yet to dry. Too many things today have served as a constant reminder of the fact that you are no longer here. From that wine and cheese basket that looked so much like the one you and Eva made for my birthday, to the little stuffed crocodile a kid was carrying in her pram, which reminded me of the 'hall-warming' present that I bought for you. Not to mention the very face that it was you who sat down with me and helped me plan my french adventure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is so hard to come to terms with this, and cliched as it is, there is nothing I wouldn't give to wake up tomorrow and find that this has all been a bad dream, and that you are live and well, and that I will see you when I return. You sounded happier, more hopeful in the last message you sent me. I wish you had held on, Eli. There is a sense of helplessness, being so far away from our friends at a time like this. I want that one last chance to see you, to laugh with you, to tell you that I'm here for you, whatever comes your way. I am sorry that there were times where I was afraid of your darkness, and stayed away because I didn't know what else I could do to help. I wish I could have been stronger for you. There is nothing I can do but feel the pain of your loss, cling on to the memories we've had together, and pray that wherever you are, you are happy and that you have been released from the chains that held you down in this life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish you had taken a leap of faith instead of that jump to your death. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope that wherever you are, you find peace, and are released from the chains that kept you struggling for air in this life. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rest in peace, Elisha Chng. You will be missed so much.&lt;br /&gt;Till we meet again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-4310342491503853937?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/4310342491503853937/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/06/because-this-becomes-part-of-my.html#comment-form' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/4310342491503853937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/4310342491503853937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/06/because-this-becomes-part-of-my.html' title='Because this becomes a part of my overseas experience..'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M2C-HZhViqU/SiQnNqhVtDI/AAAAAAAAAAM/QWjqG9a-WgA/s72-c/eli.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-6224360978020468404</id><published>2009-05-28T15:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T15:57:10.601-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lyon</title><content type='html'>Lyon is France's 3rd most populated city and is a hotspot for art and food. It was very easy to see why!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130251.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130251.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les Halles are where one gets the finest of all glorious, edible goodness. Lyon's Halles delivered!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130250.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130250.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pastry shop with the most amazing macaroons and lemon tarts in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130253.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130253.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130323.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130323.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130254.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130254.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Divine-looking chocolate cake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130252.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130252.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mouth-watering fruits. Seriously, I've never seen fruits look so good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130255.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130255.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A cheese shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130256.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130256.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It smelt like shit. Most strong cheeses do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130257.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130257.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Escargots!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130258.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130258.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130261.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130261.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130264.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130264.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of maybe 10 of the churches in the city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130267.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130267.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number 2 along the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130268.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130268.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City Council&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130271.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130271.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130273.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130273.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Musée de Beaux Art - Lyon's famous gallery of fine art.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130277.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130277.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130279.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130279.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cool paintings on the walls!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130304.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130304.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main Mega Church - The Basilica of Our Lady of Fourvière&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130295.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130295.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130297.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130297.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130298.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130298.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130300.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130300.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130305.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130305.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ancient Roman ruins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130309.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130309.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130313.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130313.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always find cats!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130321.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130321.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3130318.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/P3130318.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-6224360978020468404?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/6224360978020468404/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/lyon.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/6224360978020468404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/6224360978020468404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/lyon.html' title='Lyon'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Lyon/th_P3130251.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-970472968123073194</id><published>2009-05-28T11:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T11:53:41.753-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Geneva</title><content type='html'>Off to the land of chocolates, watches and diplomacy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090154.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090154.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our first stop was a photo exhibition of wars taking place around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090153.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090153.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Our World at War"&lt;br /&gt;Quite a sombering start to the day, but well worth it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090157.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090157.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of many Chocolatiers in the city. There was a little factory inside which we'd wanted to visit but didn't know we had to make prior reservations for a visit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090158.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090158.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090159.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090159.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090160.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090160.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Godiva hot chocolate. oh god....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090161.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090161.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All cities have a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Vieille Ville, &lt;/span&gt;meaning Old City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090162.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090162.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090163.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090163.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;L'Hôtel de Ville&lt;/span&gt;, where the Geneva Conventions were signed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090167.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090167.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A busker by the famous Jet d'Eau, at Lake Geneva. The Jet d'Eau is one of the tallest fountains in the world, jetting water up to 140m high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090168.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090168.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090169.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090169.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090184.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090184.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The United Nations Office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090178.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090178.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palace of Nations - The headquarters of the former League of Nations and now the United Nations Office in Geneva.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090183.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090183.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Broken Chair  at the Place des Nations, a symbol to represent anti-cluster bombs and landmines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090170.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090170.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waiting under the blazing sun for an hour to get in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090171.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090171.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090174.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090174.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090173.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090173.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090175.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090175.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090182.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090182.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ma vie est mon message" My life is my message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3090185.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3090185.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Bout-du-monde!" &lt;/span&gt;This bus might take us to the end of the world!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100189.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/P3100189.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back in Grenoble at our favourite Fajitas joint.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-970472968123073194?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/970472968123073194/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/geneva.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/970472968123073194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/970472968123073194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/geneva.html' title='Geneva'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/th_P3090154.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-191023201856753574</id><published>2009-05-27T15:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T15:10:29.749-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chemin de fer de la Mure</title><content type='html'>Grenoble is an extremely flat piece of land, but surrounded all around by mountains. We took a train ride along the mountain path to breathe in the beautiful scenery up close!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100190.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100190.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kathleen, Lorena and Rebecca, on the bus to La Mure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100191.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100191.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We got off on the wrong stop and had to walk back a few hundred metres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100193.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100193.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100194.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100194.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100196.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100196.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A cherry tree full of ripe goodness!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100197.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100197.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rebecca stole one for me :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100198.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100198.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100199.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100199.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100204.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100204.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Choo choo!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100210.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100210.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100211.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100211.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100212.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100212.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;animateur&lt;/span&gt; or guide was telling us some strange story about dragons which I didn't quite get.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100213.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100213.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;et voila! The mystical dragon of La Mure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100214.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100214.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100216.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100216.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100217.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100217.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100218.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100218.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100219.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100219.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100220.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100220.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100221.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100221.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100223.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100223.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P3100225.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Geneva/Chemin%20de%20fer%20de%20la%20Mure/P3100225.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the mountains have snow caps all year round!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breaktaking isn't it?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-191023201856753574?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/191023201856753574/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/chemin-de-fer-de-la-mure.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/191023201856753574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/191023201856753574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/chemin-de-fer-de-la-mure.html' title='Chemin de fer de la Mure'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-2738053513430699780</id><published>2009-05-27T14:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T15:01:34.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rites of Spring</title><content type='html'>Springtime in Grenoble!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051559.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051559.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051561.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051561.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051562.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051562.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051563.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051563.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051564.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051564.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051569.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051569.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051571.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051571.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My bread pudding!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051575.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051575.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ope and Karine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2051579.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2051579.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Metrovelos-  bicycles are a popular form of public transport here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2061581.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2061581.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We do study okay..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2071582.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2071582.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course, eat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2150094.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2150094.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And pretend to exercise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2150096.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2150096.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2150097.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2150097.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2150098.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2150098.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2150099.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2150099.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2150103.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2150103.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250114.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250114.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barbeque time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250115.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250115.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Natalia and Kate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250119.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250119.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss Laura!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250121.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250121.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maciek getting the fire started.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250123.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250123.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And proceding to burn the first round of sausages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250126.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250126.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy birthday to Maciek and Kryz, Polish style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250127.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250127.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone is happy during spring!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250129.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250129.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250134.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250134.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2250135.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/P2250135.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-2738053513430699780?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/2738053513430699780/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/rites-of-spring.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/2738053513430699780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/2738053513430699780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/rites-of-spring.html' title='Rites of Spring'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Rites%20of%20Spring/th_P2051559.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-7716715370331233094</id><published>2009-05-20T07:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T07:37:02.806-07:00</updated><title type='text'>London, baby!</title><content type='html'>An excellent weekend in London/bits of English countryside, with my cousins and some friends. Oh the crisp London accent, and hurtling underground, the hair-raising musicals and living history- simply marvelous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165052376_522832376_2250266_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/4281_91165052376_522832376_2250266_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Dutch, Canadian and Singporean off to LONDON!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165057376_522832376_2250267_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/4281_91165057376_522832376_2250267_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fly Easyjet, for the cheapest tickets, and the worst landings in the world!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110009.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2110009.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Double-decker buses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110022.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2110022.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Underground!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110024.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2110024.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110025.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2110025.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Natural History Museum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110026.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2110026.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120050.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120050.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought we were going to see real dinosaur bones. They're all fake!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120039.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120039.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spencer House&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120049.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120049.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having a London Hotdog!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120058.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120058.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have to waste your money on Madame Tussauds!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120061.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120061.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;High School Musical! I took this one for Maya. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120064.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120064.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You wanna fight?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120068.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120068.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forgive me for my sins..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120069.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120069.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120070.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120070.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HEIL HITLER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120072.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120072.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The Oval Office, how may I assist you?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120073.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120073.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having a laugh with my friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120074.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/P2120074.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarkozy my friend!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010665635_1406025_35563719_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/4216_604010665635_1406025_35563719_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At Hyde Park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010670625_1406025_35563720_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/London/4216_604010670625_1406025_35563720_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy at Harrods'.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-7716715370331233094?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/7716715370331233094/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/london-baby.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/7716715370331233094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/7716715370331233094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/london-baby.html' title='London, baby!'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-3698639499164332073</id><published>2009-05-20T07:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T07:28:54.952-07:00</updated><title type='text'>God Save the Queen(and the taxpayers' money..)</title><content type='html'>The English Monarchy is part of England's rich and proud heritage. While in London, we visited three of the most spoken of royal homes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165142376_522832376_2250283_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/4281_91165142376_522832376_2250283_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're going to London to visit the Queen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First stop: Windsor Castle&lt;br /&gt;The largest inhabited castle in the world, and the Queen's personal favourite. One of three of her private homes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165172376_522832376_2250288_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/4281_91165172376_522832376_2250288_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165147376_522832376_2250284_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/4281_91165147376_522832376_2250284_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165177376_522832376_2250289_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/4281_91165177376_522832376_2250289_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165187376_522832376_22502-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/4281_91165187376_522832376_22502-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This building opposite the cathedral, is where apparently special knights lived. Everyday their duty was to go to the cathedral and pray for the King, who was usually too busy shagging his consorts and beheading people to make it to church enough to salvage himself of his sins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165202376_522832376_2250294_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/4281_91165202376_522832376_2250294_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a fire in Windsor Castle in 1992, but was not restored till 1997 because the Queen, who has money flowing out of her ears, felt it was not her duty to pay and insisted on the state taking care of it. There was no way the government would have gotten away with an addition 40 million pounds spent on the Queen so they decided to open up the palace to tourists to gather the money to fund the restoration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165207376_522832376_2250295_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/4281_91165207376_522832376_2250295_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Palace Guard. I felt so sorry for the young lad, looking quite the fool while everybody stood next to him, taking photos while he looked clearly uncomfortable. I decided to spare him and gave him one less photo opportunity with yours truly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next off: Buckingham Palace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120040.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120040.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120041.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120041.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone knows this one. It's actually not that impressive! But with the number of people taking photos outside the palace and hanging around waiting for signs of royal life, I felt distinctly sorry for Harry and William, having to deal with this every day of their life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120044.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120044.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120045.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120045.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ONLY came here to see the furry hats and red uniforms, but apparently they don't wear that in spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120046.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120046.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These lovely creatures stole quite a bit of attention from the palace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally: Hampton Court Palace&lt;br /&gt;Former residence my favourite King, Henry the 8th. Now, this is a castle. Simply marvelous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120075.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120075.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120076.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120076.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120083.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120083.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sprawling gardens of the palace was the best part.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120082.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120082.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120084.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120084.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120089.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120089.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120090.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120090.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604011364235_1406025_35563810_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/4216_604011364235_1406025_35563810_.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2120092.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/P2120092.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The River Thames.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-3698639499164332073?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/3698639499164332073/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/god-save-queenand-taxpayers-money.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/3698639499164332073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/3698639499164332073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/god-save-queenand-taxpayers-money.html' title='God Save the Queen(and the taxpayers&apos; money..)'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/English%20Castles/th_4281_91165142376_522832376_2250283_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-2333253968967610451</id><published>2009-05-20T06:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T07:02:22.592-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Singapore Day!</title><content type='html'>The story of how we got to Singapore Day is one that would compel anyone(but the three of us) to slap us for being so nonsensical. To make it short- after missing trains, losing tickets, alot of running, and very good humour at our self-created mess, we got to Hampton Court Palace, cursing the government for choosing such a ridiculously faraway location(stunning nonetheless) and laughing at our own misfortunes. We were there for all of twenty minutes in our attempt to prevent the rest of our tightly packed schedule from railroading as had the first half of our day. Of course lady luck had other plans for us and our entire day more or less ran off the tracks, but it was probably the best day of our entire trip! Thank goodness for being able to laugh at ourselves!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010815335_1406025_35563724_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010815335_1406025_35563724_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singapore Day 2009, in London!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010820325_1406025_35563725_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010820325_1406025_35563725_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too...tired... to.. run...any..more.&lt;br /&gt;Sumi: "Let's just cut our losses now and head back before we're late for the musical!!&lt;br /&gt;Shanta and Devi: " NO!!!! We've come so far!!! I want to eat char kway teow!! Come on we can do this!!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010825315_1406025_35563726_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010825315_1406025_35563726_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUICK!! Photo moment! WE DON'T HAVE TIME!! *smiles*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010835295_1406025_35563727_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010835295_1406025_35563727_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh crap. Time is ticking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110017.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/P2110017.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010840285_1406025_35563728_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010840285_1406025_35563728_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to Singapore Day! You have 10 minutes before the train leaves!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010845275_1406025_35563729_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010845275_1406025_35563729_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010850265_1406025_35563730_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010850265_1406025_35563730_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Okay, let's split up, grab as much food as we can and get out of here. Objective: FOOD. and then RUN"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010855255_1406025_35563731_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010855255_1406025_35563731_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010860245_1406025_35563732_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010860245_1406025_35563732_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010865235_1406025_35563733_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010865235_1406025_35563733_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The girls get out first, while I'm still in the Satay Queue, determined to get my ten sticks of Chicken and Mutton Satay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I get to the front of the queue, and they're serving out free portions(!!) but only one portion per person!!!&lt;br /&gt;With doe eyes, I ask the Satay Man, "Please sir, can I have more than one portion?"&lt;br /&gt;"Sure, you can get two!" YES!&lt;br /&gt;I grab the food and run out in disbelief to catch up with the rest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010870225_1406025_35563734_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010870225_1406025_35563734_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HAHAHHAHAA. It's one stick a person! I'm sorry I ate the other stick while I was run-laughing out of the garden!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end we missed the train anyway, and were late by fifteen minutes for the musical(Hair Spray) but got let in anyway. I then proceeded to leave my Singapore Day goodies, and all my written and stamped postcards in the theatre, only to realise this at the postbox outside the Natural History Museum we proceded to after, only to find that it was already closed. -_-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010880205_1406025_35563736_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010880205_1406025_35563736_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we got one thing right that day, it was getting to our Singaporean restaurand.&lt;br /&gt;"Kiasu" and Bayswaters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110037.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/P2110037.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got to eat my Char Kway Teow. The food was AMAZING. teh peng. *salivates*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110030.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/P2110030.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P2110033.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/P2110033.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My lovely Ang Mohs getting a taste of awesomeness. The loved it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010885195_1406025_35563737_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010885195_1406025_35563737_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And it was a great dinner meeting up with some KL relatives!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4216_604010890185_1406025_35563738_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/4216_604010890185_1406025_35563738_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-2333253968967610451?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/2333253968967610451/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/singapore-day.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/2333253968967610451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/2333253968967610451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/singapore-day.html' title='Singapore Day!'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Singapore%20Day/th_4216_604010815335_1406025_35563724_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-5848739340335776539</id><published>2009-05-20T06:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T06:38:16.209-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bath and Stonehenge</title><content type='html'>We took a daytrip to the quaint city of Bath, birthplace of Jane Austen and those lovely novels of hers, as well as to Stonehenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165232376_522832376_2250298_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165232376_522832376_2250298_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The drive there was long but gave us the chance to enjoy the green English countryside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165247376_522832376_2250301_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165247376_522832376_2250301_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part of the Bath Circus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165267376_522832376_2250305_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165267376_522832376_2250305_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jane Austen's house!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165272376_522832376_2250306_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165272376_522832376_2250306_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Bath Cathedral&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165282376_522832376_2250307_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165282376_522832376_2250307_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Roman Baths.&lt;br /&gt;The natural hot springs were well utilised by the Romans, who created a public bathing complex and gymnasium here. Pity we couldn't go for a dip, the water is pure anymore because it's current open-air status encourages micro-organisms to grow in there and make the water toxic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165302376_522832376_2250311_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165302376_522832376_2250311_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165317376_522832376_2250313_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165317376_522832376_2250313_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More of the beautiful city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stonehenge- I have always wanted to visit this site, for the plainly ignorant reason of always having found it the pretties Windows default wall paper on the computer. Of course there are more intelligent reasons why one should come here, but my choice was really first and foremost based on this riduculous childhood fantasy over these magical stones in the middle of nowhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165337376_522832376_2250316_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165337376_522832376_2250316_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A UNESCO World heritage site, the Stonehenge dates back to 2500BC, was a burial ground and was used to tell time according to the position of the sun over the rocks. The weight of each rock is so heavy that up till the 197os, no crane technology could lift it. So how did anyone transport these blocks at the time to the middle of nowhere?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4281_91165357376_522832376_2250319_.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/4281_91165357376_522832376_2250319_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-5848739340335776539?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/5848739340335776539/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/bath-and-stonehenge.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/5848739340335776539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/5848739340335776539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/05/bath-and-stonehenge.html' title='Bath and Stonehenge'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/bath%20and%20stonehenge/th_4281_91165232376_522832376_2250298_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-5566596117967442440</id><published>2009-04-13T15:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T15:55:55.429-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Easter Weekend Part 1 - Mas de la Chapelle</title><content type='html'>This weekend we were in the beautiful city of Arles. Unfortunately for us, the weather was highly unfavourable and most of it was rainy and cold, therefore squashing many of our ourdoor plans this weekend. Thank goodness we had a Heaven-on-Earth hotel to enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This peaceful abode was a former priory belonging to the Knights of Malta, and was restored and transformed into a beautiful sanctuary and hotel by a historian and archiect who fell in love with its charm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1271451.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1271451.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1271453.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1271453.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1271454.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1271454.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281456.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281456.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1271452.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1271452.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kathleen, blown away by our amazing room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281455.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281455.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The view from our window.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281458.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281458.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281459.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281459.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281460.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281460.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281475.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281475.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281476.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281476.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281477.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281477.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281480.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281480.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281479.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281479.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281481.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281481.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281461.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281461.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our furry companion, Chekhov, one of the many dogs belonging to the hotel owner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281457.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281457.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sitting by our room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281482.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281482.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281484.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281484.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281478.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281478.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chekov trotting off in the distance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281462.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281462.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Admiring the interior.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281466.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281466.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281467.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281467.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281469.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281469.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281470.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281470.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281471.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281471.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281472.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281472.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;aww cutie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1281465.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/P1281465.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3169_653616381181_81011609_39431313.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/3169_653616381181_81011609_39431313.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And what have we here? :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3169_653616386171_81011609_39431314.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/3169_653616386171_81011609_39431314.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The old Grand piano, and that rare occassion that you'd find me even on one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't want to leave!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-5566596117967442440?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/5566596117967442440/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/04/easter-weekend-part-1-mas-de-la.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/5566596117967442440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/5566596117967442440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/04/easter-weekend-part-1-mas-de-la.html' title='Easter Weekend Part 1 - Mas de la Chapelle'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Mas%20de%20la%20Chapelle/th_P1271451.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-8377639144179393698</id><published>2009-03-31T05:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T01:57:10.316-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Réserve Africaine de Sigean</title><content type='html'>Just a few km off Narbonne is the Sigean African Wildlife Reserve. We were really excited about coming here, but it didn't look like it was going to happen because, as in many small cities in the South, transport by anything other than cars is non-existent. Taxi drivers were quoting us damaging prices to bring us there and back. Finally, after a dramatic and sorrowful explanation of how we had come all the way from different parts of the world just to see the reserve, without any clue that there would be no cheap modes of transport to take us there and we would be so very upset and depressed if we didn't get the chance to go, a kind taxi driver took pity on us and offered us a 'student discount. It was well worth any cost, because it was absolutely beautiful, and well, as close as I'm going to get to a real African reserve in a while!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sigean African Wildlife Reserve is a huge wildlife park located south of Narbonne, with more than 4000 animals. With 300 hectares of land, the conservation park has tried to recreate the natural habitat of wild animals and has been open since 1968.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went first on a guided tour in a van along the 'wilder' parts of the park, where animals roam freely and occasionally, the curious ones came up to the van for a closer look. We took a short walk around the park as well, enjoying the sun, animals and the beautiful landscape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221347_1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221347_1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221348_1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221348_1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221352.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221352.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221350.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221350.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221354.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221354.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why hello there friends!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221357.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221357.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221360.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221360.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221362.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221362.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221363.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221363.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221366.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221366.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221370.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221370.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221373.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221373.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221375.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221375.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221377.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221377.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221383.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221383.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221384.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221384.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221385.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221385.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221387.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221387.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A two week old fawn, hiding behind his mother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221389.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221389.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221391.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221391.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221393-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221393-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221394.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221394.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221399.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221399.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221400.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221400.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221401.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221401.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pink flamingos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221403.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221403.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221405.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/P1221405.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The soul white peacock.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-8377639144179393698?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/8377639144179393698/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/reserve-africaine-de-sigean.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/8377639144179393698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/8377639144179393698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/reserve-africaine-de-sigean.html' title='Réserve Africaine de Sigean'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Sigean%20Wildlife/th_P1221347_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-6153391392977117634</id><published>2009-03-31T05:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T05:48:17.700-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vineyards in Boutenac, Narbonne</title><content type='html'>Last weekend, some friends and I took a train to Narbonne, down in the South of France, to visit the vineyards and learn about wine. We stayed in the small town of Boutenac, where wine is a way of life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221332.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221332.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221333.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221333.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221335.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221335.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221336.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221336.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went off-season so the grapes had not grown out yet. Harvests take place in August/September every year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221319.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221319.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Château la Volle-Gasparets - a family run winery where we had our wine tasting session.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221318.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221318.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wine is stored in these barrels for about a year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221322.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221322.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221330.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221330.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221324.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221324.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rosé. I bought back a bottle of this for 5 Euros!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221326.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221326.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blanc(White)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221331.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221331.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rouge(Red)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221309.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221309.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taking a walk around the little town. This is the town church. Apart from the church, there is only a small grocery store and a hairdresser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221310.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221310.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221314.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221314.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since transport back to the town was non-existent, we packed our days and spent our two nights with our hosts, or back in our room playing cards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1211269.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1211269.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Typical French breakfast with bread, croissants, cakes and jam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221305.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221305.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our hosts' two adorable kids, Amandine and Alice. Look at that grin!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before leaving, we took a little tour around the main city of Narbonne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221340.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221340.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A church&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221341.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221341.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cathédrale of St Just and St Pasteur. This is the most magnificent church I have ever seen in my entire life. The interior was breathtaking and I really wish I could have taken photos inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221344.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221344.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221345.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221345.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cloisters that linked the cathedrale to another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221342.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221342.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hôtel de Ville - it literally means City Hotel, and you find them in each city. I thought it literally meant it was a hotel and was sorely disappointed when I found out in fact, that it was the city hall. All the ones I've seen so far have been beautiful and I had secretly hoped to stay in one during one of my trips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1221339.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/P1221339.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taking a break at the park.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-6153391392977117634?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/6153391392977117634/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/vineyards-in-boutenac-narbonne.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/6153391392977117634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/6153391392977117634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/vineyards-in-boutenac-narbonne.html' title='Vineyards in Boutenac, Narbonne'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Narbonne/th_P1221332.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-8119682519568284713</id><published>2009-03-27T08:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T09:15:40.026-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday in Annecy!</title><content type='html'>Last Sunday I spent the day with some of my Polish friends at Annecy, an hour(by car) North of Grenoble. Annecy was once part of Geneva and home to the Counts of Geneva and the Princes of Savoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151177.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151177.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151178.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151178.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The famous Lac d'Annecy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151179.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151179.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151180.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151180.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151186.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151186.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151183.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151183.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A picnic by the lake!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151195.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151195.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pedal boats!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151190.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151190.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh la la.. C'est la vie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151197.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151197.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151198.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151198.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Pont d'amours. Lovers Bridge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151199.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151199.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying to play "Chicken"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151204.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151204.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151207.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151207.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151208.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151208.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151209.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151209.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151210.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151210.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the sun comes up, out come the people! Unfortunately it was one of those days where the sun was out but it was freezing cold. I was deceived that morning into thinking it was going to be a nice, warm day and I wore far to many clothes. Result: I spent the whole day freezing or trying to find random warm spots under the sun to thaw out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151212.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151212.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151213.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151213.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The artists along this stretch were amazingly talented.&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to get a charcoal portrait of myself but the queue was too long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151215.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151215.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Palais d'Isle- one of the most photographed monuments in France. It used to be a prison during WW II.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151216.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151216.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151224.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151224.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151218.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151218.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Chatêat d'Annecy - The castle of Annecy, home to the former Counts of Geneva.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151227.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151227.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1151229.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/P1151229.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-8119682519568284713?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/8119682519568284713/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/last-sunday-i-spent-day-with-some-of-my.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/8119682519568284713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/8119682519568284713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/last-sunday-i-spent-day-with-some-of-my.html' title='Sunday in Annecy!'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Annecy/th_P1151177.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-8895472269041393492</id><published>2009-03-21T17:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T17:59:48.382-07:00</updated><title type='text'>oh la la.. qu'est-ce qui se passe???</title><content type='html'>Les manifestations à Grenoble!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Last thursday's events: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121146.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121146.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Long live the strike!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121155.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121155.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"30,000 deportations a year. It's a shame!"&lt;br /&gt;- SOS Racisme, an anti-racism NGO that looks into immigrant welfare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121150.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121150.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Super Liar: The return. " That is actually a Pinocchio nose but I got a bad angle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121148.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121148.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Don't waste my abilities!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121147.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121147.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Portable water is rare, and so are the professors! Abolish this power over our educations!"&lt;br /&gt;Fighting for privatisation of universities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121158.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121158.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Sarkozy, it is you who is the crisis."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121161.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121161.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Civil servants are saving money. Fire Sarkozy!"&lt;br /&gt;Over Sarkozy's attempts to trim the public sector.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121162.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121162.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Public education is angry. No to stories. No to breaking the public spirit. No to abandoning social life."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121137-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121137-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something about Sarky and Carla Bruni..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121138-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121138-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Neither poor nor submissive. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121140-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121140-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121144-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121144-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121141.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121141.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121140.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121140.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121165.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121165.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Providing some entertainment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121163.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121163.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Performance of anger!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1121160.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1121160.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hmmmmmmmmmm...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Last week's events in the universities:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=printemps_chaises1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/printemps_chaises1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poster for "les printemps des chaises"&lt;br /&gt;Spring of Chairs: In numbers we will empty the universities of their classes.&lt;br /&gt;In fact there weren't THAT many numbers involved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1031126.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1031126.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1031125.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1031125.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Privatisation. Jobs. Repression. Consumerism.&lt;br /&gt;Strike! Choose your arms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1031128.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1031128.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1031127.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/P1031127.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They sure did managed to carry out a helluva lot of chairs though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Another big protest march in January: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=n647021971_2056762_8888.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/n647021971_2056762_8888.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Left-wing Party&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=n647021971_2056777_3991.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/n647021971_2056777_3991.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Schools in danger!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=n647021971_2056772_2383.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/n647021971_2056772_2383.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=n647021971_2056766_107.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/n647021971_2056766_107.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB280603_1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/PB280603_1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Riot police getting ready to break up any post-protest scuffles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB280606.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/PB280606.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Idiots sitting on the tram tracks to block the trams from moving after the protests ended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB280600_1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/PB280600_1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Smoke from the flares the riot police were throwing at anarchists who were causing trouble after the actual demonstration ended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voila! La vie en France!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-8895472269041393492?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/8895472269041393492/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/oh-la-la-quest-ce-qui-se-passe.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/8895472269041393492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/8895472269041393492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/oh-la-la-quest-ce-qui-se-passe.html' title='oh la la.. qu&apos;est-ce qui se passe???'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20manif%20la%20vie/th_P1121146.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-1473206404222392927</id><published>2009-03-21T09:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T09:48:42.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend at La Grave mountains.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was pretty sunny and warm for snowy mountains!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since spring is here, the snow is already starting to melt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=5.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting ready for our snow hike!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=6.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/6.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=7.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special snow shoes called Raquettes that prevent you from sinking into the snow. The snow was so soft and melty that we did get stuck in it half the time nonetheless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=77.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/77.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2631_610758419279_120813498_4065616.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/2631_610758419279_120813498_4065616.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snow hiking is sweaty and tiring!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=9.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/9.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=10.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/10.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=11.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/11.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dinnertime!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=12.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/12.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holding on to the rope for dear life because the slope leading to the dinner area was icy and very slippery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=13.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/13.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my defense, the party theme was "Bling-Bling".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=14.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/14.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hahaha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=16.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/16.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=15.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/15.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=17.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/17.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=18.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/18.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=19.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/19.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Working hard to make our snowman!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/20.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is rather cute isn't he?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=22.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/22.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/?action=view&amp;amp;current=1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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mountains.'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/la%20grave/th_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-4935747195519338780</id><published>2009-03-21T09:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T09:37:14.557-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cooking Adventures!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB270574.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PB270574.jpg" alt="Our attempt at recreating Yu Sheng." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying to re-create Yu Sheng at Chinese New Year&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB270578.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PB270578.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB270579.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PB270579.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first attempt at Mutton Curry!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB280625.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PB280625.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then chicken curry..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB280627.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PB280627.jpg" alt="Chicken curry, nasi lemak, sweet n sour pork and prata. An interesting combination but it sure tasted good to the Villots!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;with Nasi Lemak, Sweet n Sour Pork and Prata!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC120875.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC120875.jpg" alt="My cooking partner in crime." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laura, my cooking partner in crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC120877.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC120877.jpg" alt="They sell Singaporean Prata here! And Guotie!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC120879.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC120879.jpg" alt="My third attempt at curry, with raita and butter/tomato rice." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chicken Curry, Raita, Guo Tie and Tomato Butter rice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once a month, I go for French cooking classes with the Alliance Française.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC160895.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC160895.jpg" alt="Mussel soup!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mussel Soup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC160894.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC160894.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC160899.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC160899.jpg" alt="Bouch&amp;amp;eacute;e &amp;amp;agrave; la Reine et Quenelles: Quenelles in a puff pastry bowl. Quenelles are little rolls of semolina and cheese, typically cooked in a tomato-based sauce." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quenelles in a puff pastry bowl. Quenelles are semolina and cheese rolls&lt;br /&gt;in a tomato based sauce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC160896.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC160896.jpg" alt="Freshly baked bread." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freshly baked bread. Surprisingly, it is relatively easy to make!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC160893.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC160893.jpg" alt="Tarte mandarin: Mandarin tart fresh out of the oven." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tarte Mandarin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC160900.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC160900.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC160898.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC160898.jpg" alt="The best part of the cooking class: dinner!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best part of cooking class is getting to eat what we've made!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1111131.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/P1111131.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our chief chef.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1111132.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/P1111132.jpg" alt="Navarin d'agneau: Lamb Stew" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Navarin d'Agneau- Lamb Stew&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1111133.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/P1111133.jpg" alt="Black lentil salad" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black lentil salad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1111130.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/P1111130.jpg" alt="Chocolate sponge cake with cream and kiwis." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gâteau de Savoir avec Chantilly et les kiwis.&lt;br /&gt;Chocolate sponge cake with cream and kiwis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1111135.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/P1111135.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1111129.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/P1111129.jpg" alt="Bread rolls waiting to rise." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bread rolls waiting to go into the oven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=P1111134.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/P1111134.jpg" alt="Dinner time!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laura and Shanta's cooking ventures at home!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC261113.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC261113.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC261114.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC261114.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC261115.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC261115.jpg" alt="Our pieces of work in the oven." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC261116.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC261116.jpg" alt="Freshly baked Croissants!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et voila! Croissants and an assortment of puff pastries!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC271117.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC271117.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2632_602499819181_81011609_39190225.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/2632_602499819181_81011609_39190225.jpg" alt="We should have added an extra layer of pastry so that it would have been taller and more 'bowl-like' but it tasted good nonetheless!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2632_602499814191_81011609_39190224.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/2632_602499814191_81011609_39190224.jpg" alt="I have perfected the quenelles!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My quenelles look good!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2632_602499824171_81011609_39190226.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/2632_602499824171_81011609_39190226.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC251109-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC251109-1.jpg" alt="Attempting an orange tart on our own." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying out an orange tart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC261111.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/PC261111.jpg" alt="Chocolate Fondue and the Orange Tart on the right. I forgot to take a picture of our cheese fondue dinner." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chocolate fondue and the tart at the side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB280625.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-4935747195519338780?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/4935747195519338780/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/cooking-adventures.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/4935747195519338780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/4935747195519338780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/cooking-adventures.html' title='Cooking Adventures!'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Cooking%20adventures/th_PB270574.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-4578569670731748463</id><published>2009-03-13T16:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T16:33:14.928-07:00</updated><title type='text'>People in Grenoble</title><content type='html'>I don't take that many photos of myself and people because everyone takes photos and it gets tiring having to take ten of the same shot, but here are a few!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB300658_1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PB300658_1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singaporeans at a steak restaurant. That was a GOOD burger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC170905.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC170905.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yan Hao, Shradda and Sneha visiting from Paris!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB290645_1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PB290645_1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out at &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le Couche Tard&lt;/span&gt;, a student-frequented pub.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC231104.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC231104.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laura from the Netherlands!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC251108.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC251108.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She's obsessed with us sitting in the sun. I really don't think I need a tan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC040665_1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC040665_1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nilani from Belgium&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC040664_1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC040664_1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ope from Nigeria/London, with Laura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC120887.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC120887.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dinner party at my place. Kathleen (Canada), Clarisse (Singapore), Marc (France) and Nicholas(Belgium)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC120886.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC120886.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maude, one of the friendlier young French people you will find.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC241105.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC241105.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tereza from the Czech Republic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=n120810927_40609112_8327892.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/n120810927_40609112_8327892.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Natalia from Columbia, and Jamie from Liberia/USA at &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bukana Pub.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2631_609933976469_120813498_4061315.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/2631_609933976469_120813498_4061315.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Another soirée at &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Loco Mosquito. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC261112.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC261112.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chocolate (and cheese before that!) fondue at Laura's with Rachel(Scotland) and Gina(Canada).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC271118.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/PC271118.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amy(Canada), Ope and Laura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB280626.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/PB280626.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My French 'family'! The Villots are the family of my Singaporean friend Clarisse's boyfriend Marc. She was in Grenoble when I arrived and his lovely family kindly took me in for dinner on serveral occassions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-4578569670731748463?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/4578569670731748463/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/people-in-grenoble.html#comment-form' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/4578569670731748463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/4578569670731748463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/people-in-grenoble.html' title='People in Grenoble'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/people%20in%20grennie/th_PB300658_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-2170051113459486609</id><published>2009-03-04T05:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T05:22:47.827-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Towns in Provence</title><content type='html'>We drove through the region of Provence to get to Cote d'Azur and stopped at a few picturesque towns along the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our first stop was in Sisteron, an old fortified town with alot of Romanesque architecture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180911.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180911.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180914.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180914.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The restored citadel which the Germans had used as a strategic base and prison, till it was destroyed by the Allied bombers towards the end of the second World War.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180919.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180919.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next stop, Entrevaux! &lt;span style=";color:#000000;" &gt;A medieval village surrounded by a river and the Provençal mountains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180922.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180922.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180921.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180921.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180923.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180923.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";color:#000000;" &gt;Our last stop was the town of Saint Paul de Vence. It's a really beautiful village in Provence, with plenty of galleries and pieces of art, with a beautiful view of Provence and the Riviera!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180928.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180928.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180925.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180925.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180929.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180929.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180927.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180927.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180930.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180930.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180931.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180931.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180933.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180933.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180935.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180935.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180936.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180936.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180934.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180934.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180937.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180937.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180940.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180940.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180938.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/PC180938.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";color:#000000;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-2170051113459486609?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/2170051113459486609/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/towns-in-provence.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/2170051113459486609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/2170051113459486609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/towns-in-provence.html' title='Towns in Provence'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Provence%20Towns/th_PC180911.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-694348029930129525</id><published>2009-03-04T04:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T05:04:49.138-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cannes</title><content type='html'>We stopped by Cannes for a few hours on the way back to Grenoble. For all the supposed glitz and glamour of the city, it was probably the least exciting of all the places we'd visited in the French Riviera. For poor students with no money to gamble at casinos, and the absence of stars to stalk, (the film festival is not for another few months) there wasn't much to do besides wander the streets and look hungrily into expensive restaurants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191100.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191100.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The red carpet where many of the famous have laid foot on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191103.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191103.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191098.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191098.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191099.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191099.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The casino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191103.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191103.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191102.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191102.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former Prime Minister, George Pompidou&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-694348029930129525?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/694348029930129525/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/cannes.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/694348029930129525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/694348029930129525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/cannes.html' title='Cannes'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/th_PC191100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-7251830624900144024</id><published>2009-03-04T04:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T04:58:26.470-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Antibes</title><content type='html'>Anibes is a small town in the Cote d'Azur or French Riviera.  This was my favourite stop on our trip and this is where I am going to retire for sure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191077.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191077.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191078.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191078.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yachts aplenty!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191081.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191081.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191079.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191079.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191082.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191082.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a wonderful change from freezing Grenoble!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191089.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191089.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191090.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191090.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to dip my feet in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191087.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191087.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lunch on the beach!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191092.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191092.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191093.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191093.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191094.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191094.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191095.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/PC191095.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-7251830624900144024?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/7251830624900144024/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/antibes.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/7251830624900144024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/7251830624900144024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/antibes.html' title='Antibes'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Antibes/th_PC191077.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-7555009467542571443</id><published>2009-03-03T03:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T04:48:38.510-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Principality of Monaco</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191002.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC191002.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outside the flashy Monte Carlo Casino.&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunate for us, we didn't have the time or money to enter! :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191003.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC191003.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191000.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC191000.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back view of the Casino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191007.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC191007.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We did however have Monacos in Monaco!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191006.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC191006.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beer and Grenadine. It tasted like Kriek (Cherry beer)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190998.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190998.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190996.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190996.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190990.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190990.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190991.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190991.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boats of the rich and famous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190963.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190963.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. It reminded me of the Van Cliff Aquarium we had a few years ago in Singapore. Our Under Water World is better!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190965.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190965.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190973.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190973.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190975.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190975.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190980.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190980.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cute baby penguin exhibits at the exhibition section. They looked so real! I did not want to ask...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190989.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190989.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The gardens next to the museum, which was a former palace of the prince.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190993.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190993.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190994.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190994.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190992.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190992.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190968.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190968.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC190962.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/PC190962.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-7555009467542571443?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/7555009467542571443/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/principality-of-monaco.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/7555009467542571443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/7555009467542571443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/03/principality-of-monaco.html' title='The Principality of Monaco'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Monaco/th_PC191002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-1800858039575903176</id><published>2009-02-28T16:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T16:19:46.244-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Corso Carnavalesque - The Nice Carnival Part I</title><content type='html'>We were in Cote d'Azur primarily the famous Nice Carnival, which rivals the ones in Rio and New Orleans. The carnival dates back to the 13th century and is heavily influenced by Catholic tradition. Held every year just before the period of lent, the carnival was meant to entertain the kings and to give the people of the city a chance to indulge in heavy merry-making before they did their penance for 40 days during lent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are shots of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Corso Illuminé&lt;/span&gt;, a parade of colourful costumes, confetti and towering harlequins  that moved around the famous &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Place Masséna&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Promenade des Anglais&lt;/span&gt; in the city. It was quite magnificent!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191013.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191013.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180951.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC180951.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180953.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC180953.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191027.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191027.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191029.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191029.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191032.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191032.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191033.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191033.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191035.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191035.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rachel from the USA who does not like to smile for photos. haha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191037.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191037.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191039.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191039.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191038.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191038.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191040.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191040.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 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href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191048.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191048.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191052.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191052.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191054.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191054.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191049.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191049.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191053.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191053.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191056.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191056.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191057.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191057.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191059.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191059.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191062.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191062.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191063.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191063.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191064.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/PC191064.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-1800858039575903176?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/1800858039575903176/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/02/corso-carnavalesque-nice-carnival-part.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/1800858039575903176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/1800858039575903176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/02/corso-carnavalesque-nice-carnival-part.html' title='Corso Carnavalesque - The Nice Carnival Part I'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/corse%20illumine/th_PC191013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-8481697173767234034</id><published>2009-02-27T11:53:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T11:53:41.691-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180946.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC180946.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This reminded me of Orchard Road back home during Christmas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180948.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC180948.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC180955.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC180955.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191065.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC191065.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple of catholic churches..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191069.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC191069.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The famous flower market&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191075.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC191075.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Russian Orthodox Cathedral&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191066.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC191066.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fountains next to the Place Masséna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191068.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC191068.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191071.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC191071.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Red Indian buskers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191073.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC191073.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC191076.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/PC191076.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A bon-bon shop!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-8481697173767234034?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/8481697173767234034/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/02/nice.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/8481697173767234034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/8481697173767234034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/02/nice.html' title='Nice'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Nice%20General/th_PC180946.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-2538569675720005433</id><published>2009-02-12T14:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T15:05:46.151-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It snowed all but for a day!</title><content type='html'>Thank goodness I took these pictures on the way to the university because on the way back to my apartment later in the evening, everything had melted away!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC100843.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC100843.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking at the snow from the apartment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110849.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110849.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110851.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110851.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the train station.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110853.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110853.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110854.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110854.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The St Pauls at Victor Hugo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110857.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110857.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A misty view of the L'Isere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110858.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110858.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110859.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110859.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110860.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110860.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110861.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110861.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110862.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110862.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110863.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110863.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy in the snow!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110864.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110864.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110865.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110865.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110866.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110866.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110867.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110867.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snowed in on campus!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC110868.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/PC110868.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img 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day!'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Winterwonderland/th_PC100843.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-6668756242560815642</id><published>2009-02-08T15:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T16:15:51.829-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Amazing Florence..</title><content type='html'>My photos can do no real justice!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050667.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050667.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our first experience with snow! This was just after crossing the Italian border from France.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050668.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050668.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050684.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050684.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The amazing &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore&lt;/span&gt; or the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Duomo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050693.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050693.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050689.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050689.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;The Baptistery&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050691.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050691.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050695.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050695.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The designer himself, Arnolfi di Cambrio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050704.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050704.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050713.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050713.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third tallest naves in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050712.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050712.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful paintings on the dome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050706.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050706.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Light a candle and say a prayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050730.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050730.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jamie and I at the Fountain of Neptune. Michaelangelo found this sculpture done by Ammannati extremely ugly and was violently angry about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050737.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050737.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hercules &amp;amp; Centaur- Giambologna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050739.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050739.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outside the famous Uffizi Museum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050741.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050741.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The famous realist Niccolo Macchiavelli.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060777.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060777.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060785.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060785.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A shadowy shot of the entrance to the Palazzo Pitti, a huge palace owned previously by the infamous Medici family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060799.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060799.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entrance to the stunning Boboli Gardens in the palace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060803.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060803.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060808.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060808.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060812.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060812.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060815.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060815.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060816.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060816.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful scenery at the highest point of the gardens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060824.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060824.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060826.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060826.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060829.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060829.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The grotesque Fat Man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC070832.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC070832.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A copy of Michaelangelo's David sculpture. The authentic work is in the Accademia Gallery and it's STUNNING. Each view costs you 7 Euros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC070834.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC070834.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A view of the city- Ponte Vecchio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050717.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050717.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Piazza Della Stazione&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC070835.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC070835.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Basilica di San Miniato al Monte&lt;/span&gt; located at one of the highest points of the city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC070836.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC070836.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mass in Italian.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050763.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050763.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050765.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050765.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roommates in Italy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050771.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050771.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dinner out in town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050769.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050769.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060774.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060774.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exchange students!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060783.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060783.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050725.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050725.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  Wild Boar at the Porcellini Market. Rub his nose for good luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050726.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050726.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050682-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050682-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050715.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050715.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC060831.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC060831.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This city loves Pinocchio!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050757.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050757.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruschetta and good Chianti wine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PC050760.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/PC050760.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gelato is not for the faint of heart.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3129542292869083802-6668756242560815642?l=shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/6668756242560815642/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/02/amazing-florence.html#comment-form' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/6668756242560815642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3129542292869083802/posts/default/6668756242560815642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/02/amazing-florence.html' title='Amazing Florence..'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Florence/th_PC050667.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-2358464009186829859</id><published>2009-02-04T15:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T15:55:08.160-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Day at the Park</title><content type='html'>Lunch at the park with Clarisse and Marc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/A%20Day%20at%20the%20Park/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB280614.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img 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href='http://shantillyinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/02/day-at-park.html' title='A Day at the Park'/><author><name>shantilly</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/A%20Day%20at%20the%20Park/th_PB280614.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129542292869083802.post-2761380682614181769</id><published>2009-02-04T02:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T15:47:12.742-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Scenes from Grenoble</title><content type='html'>Along the streets of Grenoble...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Scenes%20From%20Grenoble/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB240562.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img 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src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Scenes%20From%20Grenoble/PB240559.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Scenes%20From%20Grenoble/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB240557.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Scenes%20From%20Grenoble/PB240557.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Night shots at Alsace Lorraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Scenes%20From%20Grenoble/?action=view&amp;amp;current=PB230553.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/shantadanielle/Scenes%20From%20Grenoble/PB230553.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 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