St. Ives, Cornwall, UK - March 2, 2007

Here are some shots of a trip I took to a fishing town in the south-western point of the United Kingdom. The area is called Cornwall.
It's a totally different place compared to England itself. The people are different, even the food.
If you have the chance to visit this place, you should try something called the "Cornish Pasty". It's likelly you'll enjoy it. But be warned: It's steaming hot at first.

I think these shots portray the town of St. Ives and its area, giving an insight to its history, architecture and scenery.

Barcelona airport: Ready to board.

The driver and photographer...

....and the rented car.

---------Cornish countryside---------

----------The town of St. Ives----------

The "Tate" museum.

Typical fisherman's houses.

"Pastel" houses

I enjoyed a great culinary experience.

Architecture and history

A doorside ornament.

St. Ives church viewed from a park.

Parked at Bristol airport. Three days after arriving it was time to return the car and fly back home.

Paris, France - October 7, 2006

The city of Paris has all to do about art. Once you visit the city you'll get to know why. Art is everywhere -buildings, gardens, statues, light poles, etc.
I "only" had a day to visit it -well, some hours- and if you don't get into museums, you'll be surprised on what you can see by foot in that short time. Again, I say, walking. You can take a bus to see the city but you'll likely see little and remember nothing.
Here is my tribute to this wonderful city. All taken in the day light on an Autumn day.

Morning -First one in line at the gate.

I just got off the plane dreading it would be a wet day in Paris...

The bus that would take me an hour south to Paris. It appeared to be a wonderful sunny day down there.

PARIS

Avenue Foch

At Avenue Foch looking at the Arc de Triomphe.

Avenue Raymond Poincare

Trocadero

Pont d'Iéna

Over the Seine river on Iéna bridge.


Eiffel Tower

A structural detail of one of its "legs".

Another view of one of its legs.

The big "A"

Did I tell you Paris is said to be the capital of love?

View from Parc du Champs de Mars.


Ecole Militaire

Les Invalides

Les Invalides gardens

From the Esplenade des Invalides looking towards the Eiffel Tower.

At Avenue du Maréchal Gallieni looking west.

Looking back at Les Invalides.

Crossing Pont Alexandre III

View of Pont Alexandre III wich I crossed before.

View of Arc de Triomphe from Place de la Concorde.

Ile de la Cité

A view of Ile de la Cité from Pont des Arts.

Notre Dame

Notre Dame gardens at the back of the cathedral.

Arc de Triomph