MORE PARIS~!

For reasons unknown, I don't seem to be able to upload images to this blog. At first, it seemed that the problem was that the internet service I have here did not allow uploads over a certain size... I have now subscribed to a different service but it does not seemed to have fixed the problem. I try to upload images, but the 'uploading routine' never comes to a conclusion. Any suggestions welcome!

Problems aside, things are great. Loving getting to know Paris. Have been on some long long walks and had the two other artists here from Canada over for dinner last night. I am taking french classes twice a week and am slowly getting to know other artists and musicians in the building. My studio is a bit noisy, its facing a main road, but the plus side is that there is lots of life to watch right outside my window. 

PARIS!

Arrived last night by Eurostar from London. Its damn cold here! I know, compared to Regina its small potatoes but its a wet cold here and its biting. Spent the evening and this morning settling in, bought some basic groceries, moved the furniture around, unpacked. I'm sat at my new desk looking out the window at the Seine... hows that for digs. Off out to explore a bit...

New Years Day walk

Started 2009 with a bracing walk in Merthyr Mawr! Fascinating landscape.... sand-dunes that sit about 2 miles inland. It was a damn cold day but a real delight. Six adults, two dogs, one kid. I like this tradition of long walks on New Years day... last year we hiked around Caerphilly Mountain so it was great to do something like that again this year. 

Tropea

After Naples, we took the train south to the small town of Tropea, perched on a cliff in the Calabria region of southern Italy. We stayed in an cave-like apartment in a former convent, with beautiful balconies overlooking the sea and the Aeolian Islands. Needless to say, we ate some stunning food and drank a whole lot of Limoncello... I have fallen in love with capers!