spring bike ride

The past week the glorious Provençal spring has begun, and I've taken advantage by going for long bike rides through the countryside, visiting forgotten hamlets like the one below: Le Beaucet, just a handful of homes sitting suggly below the ruins of its castle...

Everest...

Hello from Nepal...

The only wisp of cloud in the horizon is behind Everest, at 8848m. The photo was taken at 3900m, above the village of Namche Bazaar, in the beautiful sunshine, after yesterday's snowfall...