Europe musings...

Ran up the Eiffel Tower yesterday, then took a boat ride down La Seine. London was a quiet start compared to the hustle and bustle of Paris. Everyone seems to have a cigarette or cell phone in hand (sometimes both). No matter where you look, it seems you need to have a camera at the ready. I was in Paris eight years before, hence the deja vu while walking down streets at once exotic and familiar. Jetlag still lingers, leaving me in a surreal state while exploring one city of Europe after another. I have my three favourite women with me: my Mom, Tanya, and the lovely Jenn (aka Sola). We all took a sleeper train last night, and are sitting here in Nice amidst the sunshine, palm trees and baguettes. A ferry will soon scurry us over to Corsica, and the much needed quiet respite it will offer. Then onward to Italy!

Photos from Europe!

Here's a few photos to get things started...

bioflash: "Sacred"

Buddha beneath the bodhi tree.

Bare feet brushing against monastery stone.

The first piercing cry of a newborn babe.

A snow leopard atop the Himalayas.

Sunrays streaming through cloud.

Perfectly parallel vapour trails behind a jet.

A raccoon prying open the garbage can.

The last, raspy breath of a centenarian.

A cell phone ringing at a funeral.

Jesus bleeding on the cross.

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bioflash: "Dreams (Reality)"

Harold always wanted to be a vet (greenhouse worker).

He dreamed of a log house with an evergreen forest as his backyard (suburban condo, supermall parking lot).

Start a family with a slim, talented woman, and have one son and one daughter (obese K-Mart cashier, five girls).

Someday, he would write that fantasy novel where gnomes rode winged camels (cathartic journaling regarding divorce).

Finally, well past his prime, Harold decided to think less and do more about what he thought (and, after a few years, his imagination converged with his waking path).

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More bioflash here!