SeptemberSep 11 Tuesday 07
Cantobre
Cantobre is one of the (many) little villages in the Gorge de la Dourbie, but its one of the coolest. The first time we saw it, we were driving from Nant to Millau on the road that runs through the Gorge, and as soon as we saw it, we knew we had to go back and visit at …
SeptemberSep 10 Monday 07
Why the 21st century is making you miserable
Guy has some good points- Clickity
Also, its old but check out his monkey sphere article; its pretty insightful as well.
SeptemberSep 7 Friday 07
Nant
This set is from Nant, where we camped. I have to hand it to Hélène for finding this place. As we were continuing our drive past Millau it seemed like we were getting farther and farther away from where stuff was, but this place was actually perfect.
To get to …
Montpellier-le-Vieux
One of our first days in Aveyron we visited Montpellier-le-vieux (Montpellier the old) on the Causse Noir. The Grandes Causses are a group of limestone plateaus in the region, and if I remember my tourist brochure correctly, they were created about between 200 and 100 …
SeptemberSep 3 Monday 07
Millau
Millau- A pretty cool place I had never heard of. Which is a little surprising, actually.
Millau is the big city (same population as Bergerac, about 30k) near the one of the big national parks in France, the Cevannes. The Cevannes is a bit further east of where we …
SeptemberSep 1 Saturday 07
Fantazio and dOMb
Both of these bands rocked. First up is Fantazio, who was the headliner on Saturday night-
These guys had a sort of Rev. Horton Heat feel, but thats mostly because of the standup bass
Turns out this guy is the main guy, in fact. He was really working …
AugustAug 30 Thursday 07
Electronic Behavior Control System
This video is from a group called EBN, or Emergency Broadcast Network. The main dude in the group (and video) is Jack Dangers, who some may be aware of via Meat Beat Manifesto.
The great thing about this cd is that when it came out in August of 1995 is that this …
AugustAug 29 Wednesday 07
Des Croches et la Lune
Man, what a trip. Between the amazing canyons and plateaus of the Aveyron region, the absolute drunkeness and music of Des Croches et la Lune, and the Templar, medieval and practically prehistoric castles througout the Grandes Causses Noirs, it was definitely a fun …
AugustAug 27 Monday 07
Back from camp
Some very cool stuff on the way, but for now, a lazy Sunday afternoon at the Festival des Croches et la Lune..
AugustAug 18 Saturday 07
Last post for a few days
Going on a little trip for the next ten days, down south a little bit to do some camping, see some Templar sites, and watch Roquefort cheese being made.
I took this first picture with the sunglasses in there to give it a sense of scale, but I don't think it truly …
AugustAug 16 Thursday 07
Strawberry Clafoutis
So, one day we pick up some strawberries at the market. These are solely intended, from my perspective anyway, for my chocolate laced granola cereal that was the subject of what I believe was my very first post on this here Virb thing. Its a damn fine way to start …
AugustAug 15 Wednesday 07
Cool site
Found this from a Radar Online story, and checked out the site and came across some interesting things.
Like the class action suit against the US government failing to explain why WTC7 collapsed.
Radar article here
Cryptome here
Sunset in the Dordogne redux
I am still working on the right angle for getting this bridge, but here are a couple that turned out ok.
AugustAug 13 Monday 07
The 'hood
Thought I would put together a little series of images for those (both) of you that are interested in where I am living now.
The neighborhood is called La Madeleine, and its the smaller old portion of Bergerac on the south side of the Dordogne river. Here is a map …
AugustAug 11 Saturday 07
Marché Nocturne pics
We went to the Marché Nocturne again last night and remembered the camera this time.
One of the best things about this event is the mix of people; young and old, foreigners and french, peasantry and the affluent. Its a lot of fun.
The wine stand, each …
AugustAug 10 Friday 07
Afternoon delight
This is Hélène's idea of a little snack before the Marché Nocturne tonight (where large amounts of dead cow will be devoured, pictures tomorrow)-
img src="http://meyer-imagery.com/pics/virb/cooking/DSC_0005.jpg".
Banana crêpe, with strawberries and …
AugustAug 9 Thursday 07
Le théâtre de la Gargouille
Pretty cool, a little free street show maybe 50 meters from home.
AugustAug 8 Wednesday 07
Oil
Ok, so tonight I just had the most random thought about oil. Global warming, blah blah, climate change, blah blah.
Why is the impact of removing such large quantities of liquid from the Earth's crust never mentioned?
Think about it- oil is more dense than water …