On the Saturday morning we drove to Ste Foy le Grande for the food market. As we were walking past the stalls selling lots of delicious fare (most of which I couldn't eat as a pregnant lady - boohoo), I wondered why I wasn't taking any pictures. I mean, there were definitely pictures to be had and all. It wasn't until we got away from the market that my eye kicked in. I got lots of funny looks from passersby; they'd look at where I was pointing the camera and walk away looking puzzled. Horses for courses I guess :) I do love the typography you get on the Continent, here in the UK they're a bit too keen to replace old signs with horrible typefaces. Shame.
me too, i love to spot nice typography and take photos. but often people look at me as if im weird:) i would have taken similar photos. you look super in the last pic.
ReplyDeleteYeah, typography is great here but I become totally crazy when in London. Because it's different.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more. I seriously go weak at the knees at some typography, and walking home one day I noticed some builders and a painter who was PAINTING the name of a block of flats where beautiful metal letters had been. I ran to the builders to ask where the letters were, and they looked at me weirdly and said "Oh they were all old and broken - we binned them."
ReplyDeleteI am ashamed to say I shed a quiet tear thinking how lovely they would have looked on my wall!
These are a particularly lovely form of french letters .
ReplyDeleteloving your blog and your sense of humour, I always follow your links as there usually great , and yesterdays was no exception. It was pure genius.
I love these! So beautiful!
ReplyDeletewhat can you not eat when you are pregnant? I thought you were allowed to eat anything! So many things I do not know!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! those letters on the white building are amazing! Even though I just came back from holiday, I always long to be somewhere in Europe. Your photos are making my longing, stronger.
i love these. i can't wait to go on my vacation! lovely dress in the last photo :) hope you had a beautiful day. i'm gonna check out the link now!
ReplyDeleteGreat to see these photos of yours... well worth any funny looks. Love your 'funny eye'.
ReplyDeleteyasu: thanks! do you find more of it in paris than you did in london?
ReplyDeletemarion: there is some good stuff here, but I always find it easier to see things like that when I'm traveling :0)
cath W: nothing to be ashamed of! what a shame you didn't manage to nab them! there were some great letters down the road where a baker used to be and I kept thinking "those letters are soooo nice!". I think someone had the same idea but was more gutsy and eventually just nicked them as they're not there anymore... bah!
jaboopee: aren't they just? :0) thank you for your kind words!
*SNYdesign: glad you like them too!
celine: where do I start? the guidelines are different in different countries but here they advise you not to eat unpasturised dairy products, no cheeses with a rind, i.e. no parmesan, goats cheese, camembert, etc etc. no uncooked meats (parma ham, salami, smoked salmon, sashimi and sushi), no sausages, no under-cooked meats (I miss juicy lamb chops!) and no runny egg yolks. I've practically stopped eating eggs as I like mine runny :0( the list continues but I shan't ramble on here...
I'm sure you'll get to back to europe soon!
kinako: thanks! where are you going on holiday? the dress was an ebay find :0)
gracia: thanks lady! I'm kinda used to the funny looks now :0)
Congratulations to the pregnancy, good luck! I agree Paris and Rome have beautiful architectual typography! It makes me wanna move from London... when I think of all the beautiful places there are around...
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