Today Paris was hit by strom Xynthia, so I spent most of the day at home. In the evening the storm had moved eastwards (to Germany) leaving a clear blue sky with a nice sunset behind. I took some last pictures out of the window of my bureau, where tomorrow the next generation of interns will start their work. Tonight, I’m spending the last night at Hôtel Duret de Chevry, in my little chambre that was my home for the last two months. Next two nights I’ll be at a friend’s place before I return to Germany. The last two months have passed so quickly and it’s sad to leave this beautiful city where spring has just come to town. But still, I’m also excited to get back to Freiburg, even if this means I’ll have to start working on my thesis, on which I’ll be working all through summer…

The sunset above was taken with f/32 and 1/2000 at iso100 on 55mm.

The Eiffel tower is one of the best known touristic attractions in the world and the most important iconic trademark of Paris – and it is absolutely overrated. There is nothing more boring than this 19th century piece of iron. Even climbing on top of it doesn’t make it any better, because you might have a great view over Paris, but without seeing the Eiffel tower anymore it is just stupid. Nevertheless, it’s every tourist’s duty to go see the tower. Since I’m working in Paris, I could resist to go see it for quite a long time. But after some weeks, on a freezing sunday afternoon, I finally got there. To do the tourist thing right, I took the camera with me. I tried to find some perspectives that you might not already have seen like a million and 450.000 times before. So here is what I got.

Also check out my Paris-set on flickr.

1. calling…, 2. Untitled, 3. Back to work, 4. shanghai, 5. transition to another place (so the time will pass more slowly), 6. meditating Kamera 3, 7. Untitled, 8. grrr…, 9. Vintage, 10. Modern solitude #1, 11. Lonesome Cowperson, 12. trolleyed, 13. lazy sunday, 14. perfect mess., 15. {day one hundred and seventy seven}, 16. i will miss you [Explore], 17. week 20/52: back to siberia…i mean, buffalo., 18. Untitled, 19. paris., 20. cold mornings, 21. 190/365 – black bird singing, 22. Samantha Looks to Her Left, Giving Me Just the Kind of Light I Love, 23. Untitled, 24. The Spirit of the Forest, 25. Untitled

This is an outtake of my current flickr favorites. Follow the links above to see photos in higher resolution, to fave, comment or whatever. This was made by mosaic maker from big huge labs. White spaces in the mosic indicate people who have opted out of big huge labs.