Spain

A Month ago I went to Spain only for a weekend. I founded my plane, train, hotel 12hours before the departure ^^

It was full of fun to go there after almost 20 years!
By the way, even if I learned Spanish in junior high school I now just can't speak Spanish at all...
...Good challenge!

For the next pictures, I must tell you that I tried for the first time a cross process on my films.

So it's normal if the result is a little bit red.

During my almost 3 days I went to Madrid and Barcelona.

I first came on a Friday to Madrid

Ohhhh my! 23°C and sunny when in Paris it was only 12°C and rainy....

I didn't had any guide book, any map, nothing so I walked to find something interesting to take the picture but nothing really kept my attention in Madrid.

However at night, looking for a restaurant, I took some pictures...

☝The restaurant I went to was near the panorama above☝

a paella I never ate before "Arroz Negro" (yes it would have been black with true colors)

The day after I arrived I went to pass my next couple of days in Barcelona.

Going to the Train station I thought: it's like the Musée d' Orsay!

I had my train by CHANCE!! 1minute later and it was over...

During the travel to Barcelona a 2years old boy couldn't stop starring a me. / Landscape I kinda like.

In the super express I also watched a movie (all in spanish) hopefully I've already watched it in English so it wasn't that much disturbing.

I finally made it to my hotel then walked and visit like the tourist I was.

As usual, playin' with mirrors in the Hotel / A manifestation

After I used all my reversible films, I wanted to shoot so many pictures I had to buy some negative colors.

Sagrada familia is really really really (I mean it) impressive.

The Panoramas are odd... No digital shots so it's difficult to assemble few shots only.

Some hours before I take the plane back to Paris, wandering in Barcelona

Noooo I don't wanna go back to work, Paris, cold...

It was a very pleasant weekend, I met my girlfriend after 5 month appart, shot more than a hundred pictures, ate and drank like a black hole...

Reheal yaself, go to the House of (S)pain.

I came to get down, I came to get down

So get out your seats and jump around, jump around! Jump around! Jump around!

Jump up jump up and get down! Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump...

Ohhh yeaah!

I now would like to go to Germany... don't have much time but, one day I'll go!

Pâques AKA Easter

Today, in France, a lot of children will look for chocolate eggs... I did it too when I was a kid in grand ma's garden.
Well a lot of people don't know now or just forgot the meaning of easter...
I'm probably sure you can ask to many people this one:
"what is the meaning of eater?"
If the answer is:
"chocolaaaate!" or "Easter Bells!"
Then you know they don't know. 笑

The real meaning for Christian is the resurection of Jesus.
Then why eggs? Very easy to answer... Eggs are the symbole of birth, life. Also the Roman used to celebrate spring offering painted eggs (symbole of rebirth...)
Why do I speak about religion today? I'm not really into this, I also don't wanna talk about religion with everybody but it's because lately I heard some French Christian people talk about things like if they never ever had any informations about it.

Well no controverse here. So let me show you what I get this morning...^^

If you wanna know 'bout the taste, to be honest it was not that wonderful...
It "IS" good but you can feel how much they put FAT in it! hahaha damn!
I had the sensation I ate a square of butter. (≠_≠)
So don't eat a bunch of those in no time alone!
Here are the tastes from left to right up to down:
-Regular chocolate
-Coconuts
-Pistachio
-Rond noir (cholate + chocolate and more chocolate in it! the best )
-Hazelnut
-Almond
Finally, the "regular" and "intense chocolate" are the best.


Soon I'll put online the pictures I took in Spain a month ago.

Japan 2008 + Surprise

Lazy boy is back!!

I said it in my last entry, I'm a lazy guy and as I took many many pictures in Japan it really took me long time to manage everything the way I wanted.

Anyway, today it's the second time I upload pictures of my trip in Japan.

I also have blog in japanese and obviously I put many (different) pictures there too.

Before you go any further I have to warn you, If you think you're about to know much about Japan you're totally WRONG!

As in France I take pictures "I" like... It's not about making memories but "havin' fun takin' pictures"

When I look at those pictures, it remember me many things you can't even imagine... hahaha

Sorry if you think it's a selfish way of sharing but my holidays belongs to me.^^

Obviously I would consider it differently if it was for a "JOB".

Well, what can I say except that my travel was full of great things to eat, drink...　（＾ゑ＾）

I also manage to meet friends who were very distant from the place I stayed...

I just love Ôsaka but this time I was based on Tôkyô "the little".

Tôkyô... The city I didn't liked much because of... many things in fact.

My first japanese friends are from the Kansai, the way they speak, the way they are in general makes me feel good and when I first met people from Kantô it was like a shock... So many difference in the same country.

Finally people from Tôkyô reminded me people from Paris (and maybe it was the biggest shock)

What I didn't liked in Tôkyô was (mainly) the cold hearted people, just like in Paris... (簡単)

From this I also met great persons too, some I would consider like my family (And that means a lot to me).

All of this just to say I now can enjoy going to Tôkyô, and I also know what I like to shoot on picture there.

This time my picture may... humm be disturbing. BECAUSE I ATE SO MUCH!!!!! hahahaha

Let's go this picture is in fact a Private Joke. I used to call that place "The Shiny Yakiniku" Nobody wanna eat there...

This is a home made Curry (カレーライス)

I went to shinjuku, wait for my girlfriend in a "café"

Many people know the yummy Mos Burger but I went to another one (can't remember the name) so many times better than Mc donald's.

A morning at home...

Playing with my toy

In Roppongi (I hate this place...) my girlfriend brought me to the best place to eat:

A Turkish restaurant!! hahaha It was just like when I went to Republic of Turkey.(旨ッ！)

In Tôkyô there is places you cannot find if you're not familiar with the "Nippon System"...

For example this Drum school... you could walk by it's front door without seeing it.

Once, I went to a museum... Ghibli's Layout

After this afternoon I was really tired of wearing all my cameras and all that people around so I went to eat something gooood ^^

During my trip I went to Fukuoka to meet a friend who is DJ in Rock band named Phase2.

The Atmosphere there is totally different... I loved to travel to those place without planning anything.

When I ended up somewhere I looked for a cheap Hotel, put my stuff in the room and go out chillin'.

That makes me think, how can I go to places like this?

Each time I want to go to somewhere like those picture I cannot find any Rail Station...

When I go to Japan for holidays I use a Japan Rail Pass which is the best to go anywhere for only few money.

and, in the Shinkansen what do I do huh? yeah I shoot...

Back to Ôsaka with my friends trying to run away... DJ Zoe, Buccha and I-Syde

We then decided to go to a Thai restaurant.

Which was very tasty!

Then DJ Zoe had things to do so we went to a drink some beers and more...(梅酒。。。焼酎)

Graffiti artist Ikkô finally came back from Kishiwada and met US in the Pub.

Ôsaka Castle

that's a weird picture just like I luv it.

Hi m'am (on the right→)

With my friend Ikkô we went to the "Old" Ôsaka, drank many 190円 beers

After all those beer and kushiage (串揚げ) we were in good condition to... drink more with I-Syde!

Back to Tôkyô I went strait to Shinagawa's Friday's to meet a friend who work there...

Do I drank again?? yes... a lot until my girlfriend comes 2 hours later.

I know the best Vietnamese Restaurant in Tôkyô... Not the biggest place but the best place for sure!

I like Asakusa's Atmosphere and it's market, you can buy many things you don't need or want just because it's there...^^ great restaurant around

Still in Asakusa looking for a Restaurant... (that was closed for holidays by the way...)

Do you like Waffles? I love waffles... especially with anko or sesame... (涎)

Well after all you may think I ate Japanese food only few times...

nope! Many many many many many many times.

What the?! plagiarism?

At MOS Burger.

We went to Tsukiji (築地) a place well known for it's Fresh Fish Market.

I wanted to eat some super great sushi but... I went a day off...

The subway is so clean compared to Paris... Look not even a chewing gum on the floor!!

Shizuoka where a friend of mine can talk to Cats.

are you kiddin'?

Last year I went to a concert of the Yoshida Brothers, it was a great concert.

after that I wanted to eat something special .... and founded by chance an old place.

I went there once again because of the delicious dishes they done.

My internet access become weird so I'll upload some more pictures later.

Well here is the surprizzzz:

pictures of 2007! ^^

This is Chinatown in Yokohama

This is the only meal I could find without pork in it...

A Drum Concert I went to. the Drummer on the down right was great!

Here is the concert of the Yoshida Brother I was talking about.

A funny trick you can do with a 5000円 bill

In 2007 I watched a Kendo session thanks to my girlfriend who was a member of the club before.

the music is from Samurai Spirit 3 (Ukyo's stage)

Japan means: Work=No time to sleep in a proper bed (or布団) train is better.

(the 2 other pictures may be what he was dreamin' about)

When I went to Enoshima with my japanese Mom I took many flawazz in picture.

Not the best But many times better than the ones you 'd find in Paris...

Next time I'll upload pictures I took with my film cameras...

Stay tuned!