Paris - Nantes - Paris (Carnet de Voyage 2007) Photo Gallery by Marisa Livet at pbase.com

Paris - Nantes - Paris (Carnet de Voyage 2007)

June 2007

Sergey is not only my best friend, he’s also the best fellow traveller one might dream of.
Once a year Sergey takes a very long trip from Western Siberia, to join me for a holiday week, which has become our private ritual.
This gallery doesn't mean to be only a series or more or less average pictures;
it has someway more ambitious (or more private) intentions.
It will try to be a kind of diary of our last trip, concentrating in word and images all what we have shared and helping us to wait serenely for another year,before enjoying a similar wonderful experience once again.

It starts always from here...	Amsterdam in Paris ????	Rue Beaurepaire	Green Blues
Pardonnez- moi, Madame....	Here is your photo, Sir...	Another face of the canal	The elderly roller...
The reincarnation of a travelling musketeer	It seems there is someone, maybe a stranger, willing to listen to my stories...	A good storyteller should necessary be a good listener too...	And a man was walking over the roof tops...
Dinner at "Havanita Café"	The melancholy, urban parable of a forfeited Prince...	The reproaching sky of Paris	St. Nicolas Church points its finger up to show us that in Nantes the sky is blue
"The cicada and the ants" and the lemons man	Hush, stay a little silent now and drink your beer...	The pavement painters	The little girls of Nantes like green clogs...
I suppose it's necessary to give a proof that we are really in Nantes...	And 5 seconds later she had disappeared again...	And the castle in all that??? This is Nantes, after all!	The loneliness of Anne who lost her heart.
Who knows if Anne , as a child, threw pebbles into the water of the moat?	Walking all around on the top of the walls...	“Hey you up there - the keeper said- would you kindly walk downstairs and leave now, please?”	Who is afraid of a last cup of coffee?
Let's go to Talensac market!	“How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?”	All what the ocean can offer...	The fisherman of Trentemoult
The little houses of Trentemoult are drunk with bright colours	The discreet charm of secret little courtyards	A fishermen's village with a bizarre name - Trentemoult	The merry cats of Trentemoult
The photo is ugly, but the story is a nice little one...	How large is a narrow alley in Nantes?	A slightly disquieting presence haunting an alley in Nantes....	Another day, another place....
The path to the open ocean is green	The stormy sky of Le Croisic	Let's go closer to details...there is a little world to see!	It will not be constantly stormy...it's a promise!
The silence of the fishermen's church	Knock, knock, knockin' on the greenish doors...	The ocean wind started blowing and suddenly the sky got blue...	The Passage Pommeraye - A Shopping Mall ancestor...
The emptiness of the Passage	A last breakfast at "La Cigale"	"La Cigale"	This is not a Disneyland building....
The "LU" café	The new life of an old biscuit factory....	There is a dreamy, solitary goddess in the empty factory...	Allow me to barely touch your remote lips....
But she turned her head away as silent refusal...	Always gravitating toward the castle...	History and Love	The Thinker...
He cannot stop jumping, it seems...	And at the end of the day the sky got angry over Nantes...	Waiting for tram # 3...	Another day to meet Atlantic Ocean
An apparently merry castle...	The old painter of Bluebeard's Castle	A strange impression of South...	A modern paraphrase of the mythological “Three Graces”
A Siberian sphinx contemplated the ocean….	For our last dinner in Nantes we chose to be by Anne	The last image of Nantes runs away by bicycle	If I had to choose only one place , it would be Place des Vosges
Or maybe it would be the Ile Saint Louis in a summer night...	Definitely l' île Saint Louis, no other places to leave a holiday...	Green and Blue is the night...	At the end of a night walk...
The sublime, perfect banality of the beauty.	Alfa and Omega...	The author heartily thanks ....

Marwan Habib		06-Oct-2008 07:29
I like the eye you have on my country. Your texts and images are really nice.

Dan Allen		04-Jan-2008 04:16
You inspire me to go to France someday. Is it really as peaceful as you portray it to be? This is hard to believe for someone from noisy America.

Barry S Moore		01-Sep-2007 11:58
Poetry, Art, Literature and History in one location. I have enjoyed my tour and you are the perfect tour guide.

Denis Vincelette		07-Jul-2007 01:24
Ta gallerie est un merveilleux petit voyage à Paris Nantes. RAconté de si belle façon et illustrée en mâitre, je t'en félicite chaleureusement. Puisses-tu nous transporter avec toi encore longtemps ! Bravo !

Ann Cleeves		06-Jul-2007 21:23
Another outstanding Marisa gallery....full of vibrant and often unusual images...and the accompanying notes are so descriptive and imaginative. Bravo!

Alessandro Catuogno		05-Jul-2007 10:45
Atmosfere romantiche, colori vivi,grande poesia. Grazie Marisa.

Ron Horloff		05-Jul-2007 05:11
A fascinating tour, Marisa; I enjoyed your comments very much. Ron

123		04-Jul-2007 18:41
Fantastic gallery. V

Michaval		04-Jul-2007 16:32
Un buen viaje. Es como si lo viviera a través de tus espléndidas fotos. V

Subroto Sen		03-Jul-2007 17:42
This is one of the best galleries I have seen in Pbase in the recent times. Congrats !

Guest		03-Jul-2007 16:51
Romatic and lovely, as always! v

Guest		03-Jul-2007 11:42
Sergey and Marisa, your voyage is like Picasso's La Joie de Vivre, an inspiration to all people to enjoy and to recognize the beauty in all that is around us.

Guest		03-Jul-2007 11:24
Great collection..fantastic work V

Hans Chr. Sørensen		02-Jul-2007 09:02
Beautiful Gallery. Nice Work!

Guest		01-Jul-2007 09:08
Very nice gallery here . my votes each photos

Guest		01-Jul-2007 08:11
An exceptional galler - great compositions and a special lighting. My vote.

Guest		30-Jun-2007 15:28
Week after week you come up with these marvelous galleries. Very artisitic photographer! Voted.

Wendy O		30-Jun-2007 14:31
I love your galleries Marisa. No one can do this like you. You've allowed us to share your journey, and with it bring smiles to our faces. Thank you. V~

Bernd Koenemann		30-Jun-2007 06:02
Marisa, you truly have the magic touch to turn a journey into a fairy tale with surprises around every corner. Bernd

Rob Oele		29-Jun-2007 11:22
Very attractiev gallery, so well presented. Vote, Greetings, Rob

Rosemarie Kusserow		28-Jun-2007 13:40
It is always a plesure to visite your works again Marisa, I enjoyed your images and the story makes the enjoyment perfect, vote, Rosemarie :o))

Richard Calmes		27-Jun-2007 16:27
You are a perfect tourguide! Great images and narrative! I enjoyed my visit! V

Guest		27-Jun-2007 15:30
I live in Nantes and like your glance on my city. v

mojoflowerchick		27-Jun-2007 12:31
wonderful gallery.. thank you for taking me along on your trip.. love the stories with the pics..

George Christakos		27-Jun-2007 00:13
Aahh, Marisa. This gallery is not so good idea, at least for me... :-) It has all the things, great photos, thoughts, incidents, stories, atmosphere, the feeling of the trip, that will make me come many many times here and spend so much time (even though there is no free time at least for the last month) seeing, reading and feeling..... Seems you had a wonderful trip. For sure, you have another great gallery. Bravo Marisa. V.

Guest		25-Jun-2007 18:47
A wonderful gallery- I especially like the sidewalk painter and your remarks to his image. Michael

Guest		25-Jun-2007 16:22
Amazing work V

Guest		25-Jun-2007 15:27
Very nice, like your gallery very much!

Jim Rickards		24-Jun-2007 19:07
And no pics of Sergey.

Monte Dodge		24-Jun-2007 19:02
voted,, one of my favorite galleries of yours!

Guest		24-Jun-2007 08:03
Ajourney of heart and fancy with splendid pictures. A further confirmation of your creativity. Paloma

Sue Robertson		24-Jun-2007 07:04
Wonderful gallery. I feel like I have been taken along on your journey. Thank you. v

Hans Chr. Sørensen		23-Jun-2007 07:36
Very beautiful gallery, and good work!

Jean-Luc Rollier		22-Jun-2007 07:44
Excellente galerie! Je retrouve bien l'ambiance de ma belle ville! Vous avez bien photographié le Canal St Martin, malgré le terrain de camping... JL Vote

Paco López		21-Jun-2007 16:34
Beautiful gallery, Marisa!!!! A lot of good images!!! VOTE!!

silvia marmori		21-Jun-2007 13:43
this is more than a gallery.. this carnet is a story with words, images that the viewer may see, listen, feel! a soul in it.. V

DENZA		20-Jun-2007 14:28
Amazing, that is all I can say. You amaze me!! An artist and a communicator in one lovely lady. Voted!

Ali Majdfar		19-Jun-2007 08:12
Fabulous gallery, waiting for more. GMV

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