Mirepoix, Langedouc, France

Monday is market day in Mirepoix; Kelly buying vegies.

Ceiling of the church in Mirepoix.

One of the streets in Mirepoix.

One of the newer buildings in Mirepoix.

Examples of the many Medieval buildings in Mirepoix.

Barsa, Belpech, Aude, France

Our 'Gite' at Barsa, close to Belpech. We are in the closest and higher section; kitchen/dining/lounge at the ground floor, bedrooms and bathroom on the middle floor, and a loft bedroom and another bathroom on the top floor.

Kelly entering the 'front' door into the middle floor.

View from our bedroom.

View from the road leading to the property.

A building on the property awaiting renovation.

Sonthofen

Andrea, Norbert and Kelly outside the mill restaurant close to Sonthofen.

The cheese factory at Diepolz.

The church at Diepolz - the farming museum.

Views from the mountains above Sonthofen.

From the windows at Norbert and Andrea in Sonthofen.

Innsbruck to Garmisch Partenkirchen

Views of the mountains from the train.

A village in the valley.

A view of the train.

Stockholm Oct 2010

Curious toilet near our hotel in the city.

On guard at the palace.

Changing of the guard.

Marble toilets in the old city.

St Petersburg Oct 2010

The Church of our Saviour on Spilled Blood.

At the site of the old harbour.

The Hermitage from across the river on a cloudy day.

Banquet room in the Hermitage.

Columns and ceilings in the Pavilion Room in the Hermitage.

The Peter and Paul Fortress.

The Raphael Loggias in the Hermitage.

Caravaggio in the Hermitage: the Lute Player.

The Small Italian Skylight Room in the Hermitage.

Outside the Hermitage.

Oxfordshire Oct 2008

Photos from a few days with Mark and Lisa. One day they took us on a tour of Oxfordshire (and probably into other counties) - more of the inside of restaurants and great English pubs than anything else, but there is some evidence to show we did see some of the countryside.

Door to a lonely house on the Oxford Canal.

Taken on a nice, but very cold, walk along the Oxford Canal near Claydon.

English countryside - somewhere in Oxfordshire on the way to Lower Slaughter.

The river flowing through Lower Slaughter.

The colours on the vines on the old school, now hotel, were fantastic.

Close the gate!

Kelly and Lisa in deep conversation.

Mark and Lisa during the dinner on our last night there.