La maison de Gloria

La maison de Gloria

2012年8月26日星期日

Stuttgart, Strasbourg, Paris & Auch

My long vacation this year is Europe again, when the weather is nice and happen to go with other friends. First, we went to Stuttgart to visit some old friends. Then passed by Strasbourg and stayed Paris for exhibitions, concert and little shopping. Afterwards, a whole week at Auch where we do all the eating, drinking and hiking.

I'm lazy to post all photos but only some highlights of the trip.

At Stuttgart, an enjoyable lunch with great scenery above a vineyard after the long flight.



Strasbourg is only 2 hours TGV from Stuttgart. A nice little town.



After arriving Paris, a real treat with a nice french dinner.



I was very excited on knowing that Paris is the next destination after the MET for the Tim Burton exhibition. Being a real fans of his work, sure got to pay a visit there.




Was very lucky that the Helmut Newton exhibition at the Grand Palais was extended to end July due to overwhelming response.



Wanna capture the Alexander III bridge at night but gave up becoz of all the heavy rain, but there's always next time~~~



This was unplanned but seems planned for all of my friends. Madonna concert was held at Stade de France on my last night in Paris and sure grabbed the chance to watch it. But people (and even the French people sitting next to us) wondered whether we flied all the way for the concert, ha ha hah. Apart from waiting for 2 hours for it to start, the whole performance was real great, the sound, the visual and her singing. All people were so excited and this is sure one of the greatest shows I've ever seen.



Then we took a break from city life. My friends were back home to Auch for family visit and so we joined together. Auch is very famous on goose and armagnac and we got very good feast every day, on foie gras and goose products with all kinds of wines (French French). Then we drove to Pyrenees (Spain is just behind that mountain) for a short trip, the great scenery is simply breathtaking and we all wanna stay longer there.


Back home after around 16 days of trip and cannot help but start planning for the next destination. Croatia and the small islands around Italy are top on the list now~~~