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Christmas, Melancholy, Street
Christmas is over. And it's quite sad to see all those abandoned Christmas trees lying on the pavement.
by Thomas HardyLyon — I love Christmas. It is a cosy moment we can share and enjoy with our family or closest friends. But each year, after Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, in the first days of January, I used to see the same scene around my neighborhood, at the turn of a street. Finding myself, in the dreary morning, face to face with all those abandoned Christmas trees, lying on the pavement, always makes me f...
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Nicolas Morin
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A few years back I had my knee operated. It didn't go well and now I can't run...
by Nicolas MorinLyon — A few years back I had my knee operated. It didn’t go well and now I can’t run more than a few minutes before it hurts and swells. Today I went to cheer people running the Marathon.
Yesterday was Lyon's annual Festival of Lights. Put my tangerine light on my balcony.
by Nicolas MorinLyon — It used to be that inhabitants of Lyon put candles in glasses outside their window for this Festival dating back to the 1850s in its current form, with roots in the 17th c. In the last 10 years though...
A glass of red wine and a plate of cheeses later.
by Nicolas MorinLyon — Although it’s Tuesday lots of people in the streets at 8p.m. having “aperitifs”, Mojitos and lemon-flavored beers, half of them in those little old streets - no cars - on the phone trying to find thei...
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Christmas, Melancholy, Street
Christmas is over. And it's quite sad to see all those abandoned Christmas trees lying on the pavement.
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Yesterday was Lyon's annual Festival of Lights. Put my tangerine light on my balcony.
by Nicolas Morin in Lyon -
running
A few years back I had my knee operated. It didn't go well and now I can't run...
by Nicolas Morin in Lyon -
A glass of red wine and a plate of cheeses later.
by Nicolas Morin in Lyon
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spring, Parks, lunch
Spring is almost here, and it feels good to have lunch outside.
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Christmas, Melancholy, Street
Christmas is over. And it's quite sad to see all those abandoned Christmas trees lying on the pavement.
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cats, home
Chilling with my cat: a great way to find serenity when I get home.
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Parc de la tête d'or. It's a 19th c. park modeled after the British parks of the time, with a small zoo
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Yesterday was Lyon's annual Festival of Lights. Put my tangerine light on my balcony.
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running
A few years back I had my knee operated. It didn't go well and now I can't run...
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Early for an early morning meeting. Taking pictures. Watching people taking city bikes to get to work.
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A glass of red wine and a plate of cheeses later.
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Morning café. 8 a.m. 27C/80F. In the shadow of a tree. Noises of the city getting ready, deliveries, street cleaners.
in Lyon, France
