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Porto and Primavera Sound Report

After an amazing cycling trip through the Pyrénées, we had a couple of weeks to recover then it was straight out west to Porto, Portugal for NOS Primavera Sound festival. We had initially toyed with the idea of attending the Barcelona event, but settled on Porto for two reasons: one, we had never been to Porto; and two, the festival was slightly more intimate with fewer stages and bands.

Porto is beautiful; full of beautiful tiled buildings, great food and a really weird public transport ticketing system…

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Château Comtal, Carcassonne

New Flickr Set – Carcassonne, March 2015

Last weekend my oldest friend in the world and her husband spent a few days with us. They have been living in Paris for the last six months or so, and I can’t believe this was the first time we have seen them since they have been in Europe!

Timer shot at the gates of La Cité, Carcassonne
Timer shot at the gates of La Cité, Carcassonne

We decided to rent a car between the four of us and drive down to Carcassonne and spend Saturday night there. The weather was dreadful, but it was just so nice to catch up and explore somewhere new together that it didn’t really matter. Carcassonne is a beautiful mediaeval fortress and citadel/castle built over hundreds of years and a wonderful little place to wander through.

Château Comtal, Carcassonne
Château Comtal, Carcassonne

I’ve known Jen since we were babies together and our mothers are very good friends back home in Melbourne. We will hopefully be able to return the visit next month when Calexico play in Paris.

Architectural history at Château Comtal
Architectural history at Château Comtal

See the full flickr set here.

German weddings

Last year in May, a friend of mine from work invited Tom and I to attend her wedding in Ratingen, near Düsseldorf. It was an interesting wedding – quite traditional, but not religious – and really lovely to be able to attend.

The weather was perfect, so Tom and I planned to take the train to Ratingen then ride a short distance to the ceremony venue. After the service, we would ride to the reception venue and later would ride to another train station and take the last train home.

When the photographer heard that we had brought our bicycles, he insisted that we get on our bikes and cycle through the park across the road from the ceremony venue so that he could get some funny shots. Last week, Eva sent me a copy of the resulting photograph, and I think it’s absolutely lovely.

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