Category: photos
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Astier de Villatte, Paris
This is our first visit of Paris after a long while. IT and MW had visited this city many times and knew it better than us. So we followed them. Astier de Villatte is a lifestyle store on Rue Saint-Honoré not far from the Palais-Royal. I(Chris) spent almost an hour in this shop while IT…
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Decorative Ornaments on Vintage Cars
I (Chris) remember when I was seven or eight years old, the emblems and logos of cars were fascinating objects. At the vintage car collection of the Fondation Pierre Gianadda, we saw a collection of car hood ornaments on the cars of yesteryears. Starting with a silver Rolls Royce and a yellow Isotta-Fraschini 8A (from…
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Vintage car collection at Fondation Pierre Gianadda
The Foundation Pierre Gianadda was founded by Léonard Gianadda in memory of his younger brother Pierre, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1976. Apart from the adjoining sculpture park (posted here), the heart of the Foundation is a space for art exhibition and musical performances as well as a museum of automobiles which is located underground. According…
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Our virtual stamp collection: London Olympics 2012
While we were visiting the International Broadcast Center of the 2012 London Olympics (see post here), we wandered into a post office/shop which sold stamps and related souvenirs (essentially mugs and posters with the stamp’s design and some special coins) to the reporters and broadcasting crew. The collection of stamps was a well-regarded hobby back…
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Snapshots from Thailand (paired): Part 2
Before we finish our run of photos of Thailand, here is another set of paired snapshots from Thailand. The idea is that the paired snapshots, while taken at different occasions, share a common theme. Part 1 is here. Recap: two weeks in Thailand at the end of 2012, from Chiang Mai to Bangkok and then…
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Snapshots from Thailand (paired): Part 1
We spent the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013 in Thailand. It was our first time in Thailand and we were eager to try everything. So, there are lots of images and stories to share. Our first stop was Chiang Mai in the north, then we went to Bangkok, and then south to the…