engelberg-lausanne-paris-london sept08

have been so incredibly lazy and now have to return to study, research, reading and writing must update and then practice again the blogging!

meanwhile last september Mad Jack and I went off to engelberg for a conference, world veterinary history. enthralling. i swear if i heard another veterinary historian talk about the evolution of the museum curatorial process in late seventeenth century austria or the history of the horseshoe i would go mad! and i did!

a funny place engelberg, all year ski resort walled in by the Alps on three sides,

it is the end of the line, with all signs and information in swiss, and lots of angels. here's one of about thirteen found whilst walking around the town.

here's another.

lausanne is the Liardet home town so we organised a drive through one nighter at the Palace D'Ouchy [not pronounced owchy]and heres more pitchas, one is actually of a playground, a giant boat frame structure, timber, ropes and wires that rocks as you move across it, its along the docks at Quai D'Ouchy, presumably once the personal wharf of a prince or other.

the border crossing was a snap as the control booth was closed! we passed gracefully into the french country side around dijon, arriving in paris middle of the afternoon located our apartment in the gare du nord district and then the moon came up. and here's a picture.

our task was the Mur de Federales in Pere Lachaise cemetaire. and here's another one.

then ..... london by train with a Muslim family travelling to madame tussauds for the day! MAD!

london was london, bought a couple of rare books, went to dinner with the in laws in richmond.

no photos please, oh except this one